> > I had a friend asking if I had any pro or con comments about > > MailWasher... > > > > A free spam blocker that also bounces back e-mails > > http://www.mailwasher.net/index.php > > > > As I don't, I was wondering if anyone here does. > > IMO, bouncing spam is a bad choice. It puts un-due stress on > mail systems of your ISP and other mail servers that are > accepting mail for forged from/reply to addresses.
Struck me differently. My first impression was that "if our Congress isn't doing anything about spam, then programmers will have come up with a solution - and maybe this is it" I think it's the unfettered spammers who are putting the stress on mail systems and have to be stopped before it get increasingly (exponentially!) worse and we're left with no choice but to put a wall around our inboxes. Just this morning I had a bad experience with the "way it is": someone used ebay to send me something. Well, since I get all kinds of garbage from ebay spoofers and I don't use my ebay account, I have Spambeyes send incoming mail from ebay into the JUNK folder, which I may or may not give a few seconds to scan before unilaterally deleting. In this case, that email from ebay was one I wanted to see, but because I've had to defend myself I never saw it. I don't know how many other times something like this has happened, but I think the trend is clearly towards more spam and more automated purging of the JUNK folder, thus less chance that someone not on my "approved" list will get a note to me, i.e. I'll wind up with that wall, but not as a conscious decision, just a de facto reality. Maybe other people like spam, but I regard it as all in-my-face advertising: a real nuisance that's growing bigger. I think the solution to spam is a 'no spam' list, that could be launched with one simple option: "I don't want any of it", and then improved to allow user controls over which spam he/she wants. I know the argument is that this wouldn't stop off-shore spam, but that could (and should) be dealt with at the ISP level, which could reject incoming mail from locations that refuse to cooperate. If all the ISP's cooperate = no entry point for spam. It's not like ISP's (holders of internet licenses) are ghosts. The real problem is Big Business likes spam, and they get what they want with surprising and increasing regularity. Bill > The best choice for spam control remains Bayesian filtering, > I believe. I'd suggest finding a bayesian spam solution. > > > -- > Derek > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
