[DDN] Off-Topic?: Anyone wishing to open a gmail account?

2006-10-31 Thread Claude Almansi (BW)
Hi DDNers Yesterday, I noticed that the number of invitations to open a gmail account that was left in mine has gone up from 4 to 50 since I had last checked. I don't understand why, but anyway: if you wish to have a gmail account, please write to me *off-list* and I'll send you one of these

[DDN] 2500-year old DIY antispam

2006-10-30 Thread Claude Almansi (BW)
Hi All, Is spam a digital divide issue? On a DSL connection, it is just a pain, but with a 56k/s dial-up connection, it can be really hampering. Anyway, here goes with the 2500-year old antispam, i.e. an antispam based on the logic rules used by Socrates and his sophist buddies (*). A) Beca