Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 02:45:42 -0400 From: Kirk Bailey <idiot1@netzero.net> To: "tutor@python.org" <tutor@python.org>, monkeyshines@howlermonkey.net, tinylist-devlopers@tinylist.org, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [your list here] A NOVEL IDEA- no more spam! Message-ID: <3D842C96.44AFAF93@netzero.net> References: <3D8424F9.73E9507C@netzero.net>
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Hey, ya wanna look at the site sparkplugging the idea? http://spamarrest.com/ Kirk Bailey wrote: > > OK, recently I saw a site with an intresting idea. SPAM PROOFING. > > Idea is, it maintains a list of people who may send email to you. Anyone else > sends in a email, they get one back, explaining it is in storage for 7 days, > they have to go there, put in their address and a brief explanation of why they > should be allowed to email you, then click submit on the form. This unlocks > their identity and they can send email to you. After 7 days, any message is > deleted. > > Almost all spam is robotic, this process will never happen. The owner of such > email account is spamproof. > > This can be somewhat simplified. No 7 day stuff, you're not in the list, you get > /dev/nul in your face. You want on the list, you go to a form and ask to be > placed there, or even simpler, click a url in a person's sig block and go to a > form to do so yourself. Again, no robot will be doing this. > > Local delivery is handed off by sendmail to a program called mail, usually > located in '/bin' (ok, in my FreeBSD setup, it is in '/usr/bin/' Now, of we > wrap a shell around it, we could look at the message and examine it's From: > field and TO: field, open the user's OK.2mail file (just made the name up, DON'T > PANIC!), and IF THE SENDER IS IN THERE we run mail and hand off the message, > OTHERWISE we send off a terse email explaining the situation with the correct > link included- and toss away the email. The FROM field is to an alias which > feeds directly into /dev/nul so bounces from fraudulent and cancelled accounts > just go away. > > Gee, I wonder what language to write the scripts in... ;-) > > This is the roughing out the concept stage, hacking at a large pad with my box > of crayons and wishing I had a beer. Anyone else want to toss a cinderblock in > the wading pool along side mine? If the list does not think this is the palace > to kick this around, we can take it off list- and I know a place that provides > great free list service... > > -- > > end > > Respectfully, > Kirk D Bailey > > +---------------------"Thou Art Free." -Eris-----------------------+ > | http://www.howlermonkey.net mailto:highprimate@howlermonkey.net | > | KILL spam dead! http://www.scambusters.org/stopspam/#Pledge | > | http://www.tinylist.org +--------+ mailto:grumpy@tinylist.org | > +------------------Thinking| NORMAL |Thinking----------------------+ > +--------+ > ------------------------------------------- > Introducing NetZero Long Distance > Unlimited Long Distance only $29.95/ month! > Sign Up Today! www.netzerolongdistance.com > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- end Respectfully, Kirk D Bailey +---------------------"Thou Art Free." -Eris-----------------------+ | http://www.howlermonkey.net mailto:highprimate@howlermonkey.net | | KILL spam dead! http://www.scambusters.org/stopspam/#Pledge | | http://www.tinylist.org +--------+ mailto:grumpy@tinylist.org | +------------------Thinking| NORMAL |Thinking----------------------+ +--------+ ------------------------------------------- Introducing NetZero Long Distance Unlimited Long Distance only $29.95/ month! Sign Up Today! www.netzerolongdistance.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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