Gabriel Sechan wrote:
Its a spam prevention attempt. The idea is it sends you a link you need to go to in order to confirm you aren't a bot. Which won't stop bots on real email addresses, but would stop one forging their from header. It looks like it automatically whitelists you if you click the link. Not the stupidest anti-spam I've seen, since most do fake the from. Won't stop many scams though, and it would be hell on mailing lists and opt-ins.
Even worse, I now receive spam that purports to be an "anti-spam verification" that attempts to install malware when you click on the link. Sigh.
When will people figure out that backscatter doesn't work? -a -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
