Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:41:37 +0100 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Confirmation Spam Blocking was: List 'linux-dvb' closed to public posts |
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 01:20:26PM -0500, Brian Beattie wrote: > On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 12:41, David Ford wrote: > > No, actually you can a) reply to my -plain text- email and yes...this is > > plain text that has been trimmed, b) wait because I'm involved in this > > discussion, I go to my queue and pre-auth people involved. > > > > So it's fine for you to have filters of your choosing, but someone > > else's filter's of their choosing are obnoxious...very social. > > > > viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > > > > Well it's all very fun, but I expect the spammers to figure out > challange and response soon enough.
very easy : they will send the mail with a reply-to set to an open ML, then collect challenges from this ML and send their shit back to you. Imagine a reply-to set to lkml ? all subscribed people allowed to send their challenges to the list, and the spammer reading them from marc.theaimsgroup.com :-/
Cheers, Willy
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