[Gllug] anti spam -- blue security

[Martyn Drake]

On 8 Mar 2006, at 10:43, Alain Williams wrote:

> Someone has pointed me at blue security, they essentially run a  
> publically downloadable
> 'do not spam these addresses' list. A friend claims that it has  
> been really effective,
> I tend to view it as a 'these are valid email addresses' list that  
> the spammers will use.
>
> What they claim that what they will do is to sue the spammer. It it  
> works it will only work against USA spammers (OK that is 80% of  
> them), but ...

There doesn't seem to be any new concepts with this system, nor does  
it seem particularly effective.  I don't think it's going to make the  
slightest dent in preventing spam.  Spammers will continue to work  
around these kind of whitelist/blacklist systems and spammers really  
don't seem to give a flying monkies about being reported - they'll  
just move between different ISPs or come up with more illegal means  
to get their crap out.

Regards,

	Martyn

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