[ale] (no subject) SPAM talk...

[Geoffrey]

James P. Kinney III wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 16:44, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> 
> 
>>The concern is for non-members (as well as members). 
>>A good solution is to simply use a database to match a member ID to the email 
>>address. That way the server can direct emails to the authors, while NOT 
>>displaying the email address for spam harvesting.
> 
> 
> So now the spammers have to extract the member ID and script up a
> duplicate web form and spam the entire list anyway.
> 
> There is NO TECHNICAL SOLUTION until the root cause issue is solved with
> verification of email servers and sending routes (IPv6 !!!). All other
> solutions are social and/or legal.

Amen.

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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft