Re: [HACKERS] OK to send e-mail? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From The Hermit Hacker
Subject Re: [HACKERS] OK to send e-mail?
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Msg-id Pine.NEB.3.95.980506140051.6920M-100000@hub.org
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] OK to send e-mail?  (ocie@paracel.com)
List pgsql-hackers
On Wed, 6 May 1998 ocie@paracel.com wrote:

> I think any such method can be circumvented.  The only long-term
> solution is to make spamming unprofitable.  One thing that would go a
> long way is to reverse-verify the sender's address.  If the sender has
> forged this, the mail is dropped and we get the sound of one spam
> clapping :) The problem is that most sites nowadays won't verify email
> addresses.  This sounds like a good project for a free relational
> database. Anybody know of any good ones out there? :)

    Actually, I currently have two anti-spam filters in place...one of
which verifies the domain of the poster...its not 100% perfect, but it
does a pretty good job of it...



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