Some thoughts ... What I have seen happening to us.. [1] What do you blacklist? I think that only the IP address of the sender could be safely blacklisted.
--- If I do IP then it has to be a temp file so lets say for 24 hours that IP can not send email. Because we sure don't want to blacklist a temporary open relay. These folks do not send email using their servers but they always use open relays. Also majority of times [2] What happens if someone finds the address and uses it maliciously? --- how? I don't understand how an email can be used maliciously... They can only send email to it and to an address where they have no business of sending. [3] The spammer may have already sent a lot of spam before they send to this address. --- TRUE but a great chance also exists that it is the beginning of the list or the middle. What I see in the addresses that are sent they typically are alphabetically sorted. So may be an address like AADoe@... Would put it on top of the list. But regardless it is a first attempt. If nothing is gained, I feel nothing is lost either but if it is used in their SPAM list then we have gained a lot. I just can't see us losing anything. In the game of Pros & Cons our loss is a lot less than our potential gain. Regards, Kami -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Fighting the Menace of Unwanted E-Mail >An address that we can use in Declude so any e-mail that is sent to >that address is automatically added to a blacklist address for >background deletion. This is something that we have been considering. A couple of thoughts, though: [1] What do you blacklist? I think that only the IP address of the sender could be safely blacklisted. [2] What happens if someone finds the address and uses it maliciously? [3] The spammer may have already sent a lot of spam before they send to this address. -Scott --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
