From: "Serge Knystautas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > We've had a few discussions on the list of more effective ways to block > spam, either through server-based sender validation (protocol extensions I > believe) or other methods of reducing spam. I suggest we do the following: > > 1. Build a list of all possible uses and configurations of an SMTP server. > ... +1.
A few ideas to help this: 1. SourceForge has a loopback test to gaurd against spam I think the idea is to contact a well know address for the mailing list subscribers like postmaster@<subscribers domain>. If this address is not there, the chances are that someone is getting on the list to spam. 2. Have a background thread that talks to open relay dbs. like http://www.ordb.org/ or mail abuse. This could help mark confidence level for emails. Unfortunatly this is fuzzy and could be best exploited by a service. Harmeet -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
