On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:55:48 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: > ... >> And that works because no spammer is clever enough to supply the NOTSP, >> right? > >No - as I said, it's a quick first level aid. Rejecting any mail that >doesn't contain NOTSP in the subject line gets rid of essentially all >non-targeted spam. I'm sure there are spammers clever enough to stick >it in, and they have to be filtered out using content based methods. >The moderator has said for years that he may change the magic string, >but he doesn't seem to have had to, which suggests that it's >reasonably effective. > The Right Answer would seem to be digital signatures. When I subscribed to this list I should have been asked to supply my ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub or CA. The rest is left as an exercise for the student. But verification is costly.
Charles, will you please sign my PGP key? >This somehow reminds me of >https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/why-do-nigerian-scammers-say-they-are-from-nigeria/ > It's not quite analogous, but has the same flavour. > IOW, it selects the targets that are *really* stupid! -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
