> If your assumption was true, there was no spam today. If nobody would ever > answer to spam messages, there was no reason for spammers to keep spamming.
let people who wants spam to answer spam ! if you dont want spam dont reply. Easy ! There are a lot of people who wants to sell viagra and send spam....but I dont answer to them, dou you? :p >> *check spam folder always > > Many users do this only sporadically, if they do. Some users don't know > where to find the spam folder. Some organizations do not deploy per-user > quarantine area or spam folders. Etc. etc. bad thing ! >> *mark as ham.... > > What mechanism do you propose to have the MUA tell the MTA/MDA that > something is not spam? Also take into account the tens or maybe even > hundreds of different MUA's around (thick clients, webmail clients, > applications etc. etc.) which need to be modified to support your idea... Just answering with your MUA. The email goes back through the MTA. Then it can put the sender in the whitelist. >> Flaws ? > > Yes, many. Think of the automatic out-of-office replies, think of all > messages that are sent from noreply@ addresses these days (where the > originating organization tries to make clear by naming it 'noreply@' that > replies are not welcome), think of (solicited) newsletters, mailing lists > etc. etc. automatic replies are those ! REPLIES to a mail sent by you ! thats round trip ! this work best with people you used to comunicate with ! that is the idea ! > Yes, why do you think the world spends so much resources on the spam problem > if the solution would be so easy to implement...? the world is using the same solution for a problem which changed a lot in a decade! I dont know...just wondering/asking
