There has been a good amount of discussion about temporarily "grey listing" an e-mail message and there are many questions surrounding it, one of which is legal.
John T eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mike Nice > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 12:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [sniffer] Large amounts of spam still getting through > > > getting much better at what they do. When a spammer uses Geocities links, > > hijacks real accounts on major providers to send spam through, and changes > > their techniques every few hours, it makes it difficult for Sniffer to > > proactively block them, and the delay between rulebase updates means a > > delay in catching things that have been tagged. > > This brings to mind a technique with optional adaptive delay - enabled by > the user. Each mail is assigned a 'triplicate': (To_Email, From_Email, and > domain_of_sending_server). Previously unknown triplicates are held for a > period of time before being examined for spam. The delay is long enough > that SpamCop, Sniffer, and InvURIBL mailtraps see copies of the spam and > update the blacklists. > > This would be hard to do with the stock IMail, but possibly could be done > by Declude with the V3 architecture and a database. > > It still doesn't provide a good answer to the problem of spammers > hijacking a computer and sending spam through legitimate servers. > > > This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and > (un)subscription instructions go to > http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
