At 12:49 4/25/2002 -0700 Global Homes Webmaster wrote:
>On 04/25/02 at 13:26, LuKreme wrote:
> > In the end, I think the only system that will work will be a verified
> > sender whitelist where ALL unknown mail is blocked.
>
>Hmm. That's far less than perfect, too. I don't think that many of my
>users, including myself, would like it. I often don't know the addresses of
>legitimate correspondents before receiving the first message from them. A
>mechanism for 'verifying' senders could be cumbersome for users and admins
>alike.
There is a system being developed now that does this, thought the name
eludes me at the moment. If a mail comes in from an unknown sender all
that happens is the server sends back a "please authenticate yourself"
message which the unknown user replies to. When they reply, the original
mail is sent and the sender is added to the database.
Of course, you can remove or block specific users if you wish.
I've seen a demo of the system and it was not especially obtrusive. About
as hard as subscribing to a mailing list that asks for confirmation.
You know you've achieved perfection in replying to a list message, not when
you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away.
-- with Apologies to Antoine
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