Jan-Pieter Cornet wrote: [...]
> I'm sure the information on the submitting IP isn't lost (hah, google > and deleting data??!), it's just not publicly available. Google will > surely dish up the info if they get abuse complaints. (... or a visit > from the feds. Or a request from a big law firm. Or a request from any > law enforcement agency anywhere on earth. Even from China or Pakistan.) Yes, I might buy that argument if Google weren't a free email provider. But it is; spambots can (and do) break CAPTCHAs of free email providers and routinely use them to send spam. And although Google may be pretty good at stopping spam, it's not perfect. I want the originating IP address so I can use it in my decision-making process. xs4all provides services to paying customers, so you at least have some idea of the end-user's identity. Google has none at all. -- David. _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
