From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/46015 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Masterson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: TMDA (was: new spam functionality added) Date: 05 Aug 2002 13:11:43 -0700 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <87y9brejam.fsf@mail.paradoxical.net> <873ctztyth.fsf@mail.paradoxical.net> <20020801222925.A10502@mastaler.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1028578393 15379 127.0.0.1 (5 Aug 2002 20:13:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 20:13:13 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17boE3-0003zs-00 for ; Mon, 05 Aug 2002 22:13:12 +0200 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 17boD0-0008LJ-00; Mon, 05 Aug 2002 15:12:06 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Mon, 05 Aug 2002 15:12:33 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA21231 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 15:12:18 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 20412 invoked by alias); 5 Aug 2002 20:11:45 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 20407 invoked from network); 5 Aug 2002 20:11:45 -0000 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org (80.91.224.249) by gnus.org with SMTP; 5 Aug 2002 20:11:45 -0000 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17boBx-0003sS-00 for ; Mon, 05 Aug 2002 22:11:01 +0200 Original-To: ding@gnus.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17boBw-0003s3-00 for ; Mon, 05 Aug 2002 22:11:00 +0200 Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.ding Original-Lines: 25 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-146-225-32-145.synopsys.com Original-X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1028578260 11513 146.225.32.145 (5 Aug 2002 20:11:00 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 20:11:00 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:46015 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:46015 >>>>> Per Abrahamsen writes: > prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes: >> If a reliable autoconfirmer were written, would you consider it a >> waste of time to set it up for your mailbox? > If a reliable autoconfirmer were written, some spammers would start > using it. We need some amount manual intervention for the system to > scale. If they do, then they will have to leave their "fingerprints" on the SPAM, thus making them easier to trace. > The problem that does frighten me is whether non-technical people will > understand the request for a confirmation message. I guess it depends on how friendly the confirmation message is. Of course, you'll have to watch that the confirmation message isn't assasinated by an overzealous SpamAssassin. -- David Masterson David DOT Masterson AT synopsys DOT com Sr. R&D Engineer Synopsys, Inc. Software Engineering Sunnyvale, CA