Alexander Stohr wrote:
a "moderated" spam filter would be nicest, but this means that
someone has permanent duty for letting falsely blocked mail pass,
This is not quite true. I can envision a system that automatically quarantines (rather than discarding) suspected spam. It would then send e-mail back to the sender telling them how to take their message out of the quarantine area and have it delivered to the list (presumably by entering a one-time password on a web site). A message that was stuck in quarantine for more than a few days would automatically be removed. As spammers typically do not bother to use valid return addresses, this technique should be sufficient to tell whether a real person has sent the e-mail, or whether it was created by a a bulk mailer. While still not perfect, I'd image this approach to eliminate most spam without inconveniencing subscribers too much.


Markus

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