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Re: Possibly OT, definately humor. rDNS is to policy set by federal law.


From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:21:30 -0400


On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 07:41:58PM -0700, S. Ryan wrote:
However, while it's not really above me to do the same, he could 
have removed the email address so spammers aren't adding to that guys 
list of problems.

Anti-spam strategies based on concealment and/or obfuscation of addresses
are no longer viable.  (For a variety of reasons, including harvesting
from public sources, harvesting from private sources such as compromised
systems, and the deployment of abusive, spam-supporting tactics such as
callbacks/sender address verification.)

Yes, I know there are counter-examples, I have my own collection of them.
But they're exceptions, not the rule.

---Rsk


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