One word.... BUGGER.. heh nice theory on paper though.
Years ago you used to be able to "finger" someone (it sounds dirty i know). You could fire off a "finger" at say [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it would then give back that persons "plan" which you could then say "yeah that person lives" Interesting enough, I think this is where maybe "blogs" came from, .finger plans Scott "Matthew Armsby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On legitimate addresses: > In the past I've seen many legitimate people provide fake 'reply to' > addresses for newsgroups. And I've seen alot of spam using real domains, > but not theirs. If you're looking to filter out x% of spam and don't mind > losing y% of newsgroup/mailing list mail, you're fine. > On testing validity: > You'll also need to recognise that ping tests wont be a good test for a > domain, as some firewalls discard packets on this port. A website wont be > a good test for a domain either, as some mail servers don't have a related > web address (the University I attend has a [EMAIL PROTECTED] address > format). Checking the ip resolution of the domain may have to be good > enough. > Red herring: > Maybe try to communicate with their SMTP server. I think I recall some > way of testing whether a user existed on the SMTP server, but I doubt it > exists anymore (otherwise spammers would use it to find more accounts). > Other: > Nice idea though. I've thought of similar things, such as having a > multitude of addresses, one for every use (one for CFAussie, one for a > particular client, one for a particular project, etc.). When I start > getting spam on one address, send out an email to the relevant > newsgroup/contacts who I use the address for then close it down and > replace it with a new one. The contacts have been informed, so when they > accidently send to the old address they should realise, or they can > contact via phone. > -Matt > > > I'm at a point now, where i'm about to go postal and the mention of > > Viagra or Mortgage Loans via the net. > > > > But.. > > > > I heard on the radio this morning, some QUT propella-head has designed > > a "Spam firewall". Basically what it does is it verifies the actual > > domain of an email address, and if it comes back as unknown host, > > *spam*. > > > > Got me thinking, in that what if you had two accounts. Primary is what > > you give out, its the one you can feed out to lists/forums/pornographic > > web forums...err..um..websites...... and so on. CFPOP will check that > > email once every X minutes, cycle through a db and find which "domains" > > aren't inside it and do a ping/pong test on the domain itself. If it > > passes, it redirects the mail to your "secret" secondary account for > > you to download anywhere anyhow. > > > > Then once a week, you can log into the primary catchment area and see > > the "undecided" emails aswell as the "spam" ones, to make sure > > everythings cooking with gas. > > > > Whats your thoughts on such a concept? Its pretty basic and its flaw so > > far is that it could take up to 5-20mins for your email to come through > > on first time callers. > > > > Regards > > Scott Barnes > > CodeMonkey For Hire. > > - > > http://www.mossyblog.com > > > > > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: > > http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
