Re: [iPAQ] Massive spamming of the list

Hello,
Sorry, I feel I've not been quite clear.
The trick is that the honeypot address is just supposed to receive spam.
With an appropriate add-on, the mailing system could compare the
messages sent to the mailing-list addresses with the messages sent to
the honeypot. If they look too similar, the message is regarded as junk
and not forwarded.
Well, there's a problem: if a junk message is sent to a mailing list
address first, then to the honeypot, this doesn't work. Or we may need
to add some delay between the moment a message is received and the
moment it is re-sent.

Achille

Marcus Brown wrote:
> Gday:)
>
> why would the honeypot address be more useful/usable?
> doesn't it have the same problems as the original address?
>
> Marcus.
>
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:23:52 +0100
> Achille FOUILLEUL <achille.fouilleul_at_gambro.com> wrote:
>
>
>>What about a "honey pot", say an address like
>
> <honeypot_at_handhelds.org>:
>
>>every message sent to this address would be known as spam. Then, if
>
> the
>
>>same message or a similar other one is sent to one of the mailing
>
> lists,
>
>>it could be discarded.
>>
>>Achille
>>
>>Tom wrote:
>>
>>>In the past day, the spamming of the list has definitely gotten out
>
> of
>
>>>control. Maybe it's time to restrict the list so that only
>
> subscribers
>
>>>can
>>>post? (I realize that a determined spammer could easily forge the
>>>"from"
>>>
>>>email address, but most don't care that much)
>>>
>>>Just putting the idea up for discussion,
>>>Tom
>>>

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