Like Robin said, you guys should try out what happens with Spam Arrest, you can try it for a month for free: http://www.spamarrest.com
Send me an email at work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] to see what happens. Scott, you should know what the drill is as I've already got you in my authorised list from 21 June. Andrew On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 12:22:32 +1000 (EST), Matthew Armsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > :) On sending this message, I got hit by the Australian Antartic Divisions > mail server, suspecting I was spam. Their handling was nice, automaticly > replied to an address it didn't recognise sending a 'reply to confirm > you're not spam' message. That would work with your concept too, and is > better than just confirming the domain exists. > Account 1: > CF(or other) checks this mail, if sender is not in DB: > Send 'Confirm you're not spam' email requesting a resend with a UUID in > the message (store the UUID in a DB with the sender address, and > authorised set to false). > If sender is in DB check to see if authorised is true, if so pass message > to account 2, otherwise: search message for the DB stored UUID, mark the > sender as authorised if found, otherwise re-send 'Confirm you're not spam' > with the UUID in message. > -Matt > > > > > 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/ > > --- > 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/
