-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Just few thoughts about anti-spam strategy, before I forget it...
Cringely, Info World <http://www.infoworld.com>: <<<BEGINNING Filter This: Spam may be annoying, but spam filters may prove a bigger problem. Dozens of readers have contributed terms to the list of things that make anti-spam software freak out. My faves: "b*tt welds" (mechanical engineering), "sn*tch block" (construction equipment), and "bifurcated hermaphroditic pins" (electrical connectors). (Forgive the asterisks -- I'm afraid this column itself might get filtered.) One Cringester says he can't get e-mails containing the word "special*st" because "cial*s" is embedded inside it. Finally, a Cringe informant who works for a major credit card company says that in his industry, multinational banks are commonly referred to as "l*rge m*mbers." As I've always suspected, size does count -- at least when it comes to bank accounts. <<<END(E) My "formula" is like this: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Filter against what you *accept*/receive, | | not against what you do *not*. (-: | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But it seems that such a strategy is still a bit ahead of the time. No problem, let this document be a historical piquancy then, or simply a recipe for those ready for an anti-spam adventure. PS - I am not sure if it's wise to say this formula publicly... I am simply hesitating whether to enjoy it myself (and keep my mouth shut), or to help (wo)Mankind too. - -- Mica (today, he's an Anti Spam Dandy) PGP key uploaded at: <http://pgp.mit.edu/> once just before breakfast <>o<> [Earth LOG: 171 day(s) since v3.0 unleashing] OS: Windows 98 SE Micro Lite Professional IVa Enterprise Millennium with nestled ZipSlack(tm) 9.1 UMSDOS Linux, and with Bochs 2.1.1 with a small DLX Linux; and, for TB sometimes, Gentoo and Vector via Wine... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFCF3DY9q62QPd3XuIRAsp0AJ49yoAwQLjtUKDDwkiSbwPYevk+QgCggN7J naWb7O8cfl0Ncjxrs8f09YQ= =wUkJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
