Messages in this thread |  | | From | Albert Cahalan <> | Subject | [off-topic] unsolited mailings... (fwd)? | Date | Wed, 25 Sep 1996 10:10:29 -0400 (EDT) |
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From: Alexandre Maret <amaret@infomaniak.ch>
[ways to prevent using mailing list addresses to email spam]
> 1) is there a mailing list for discussing this > (or where to discuss this)
Here actually, since this is the affected list.
> 2) a suggestion : > > we could require use of pgp and send only encrypted mail > to subscribers. We would produce a message > readable by everyone on the list (possible with pgp... > dunno how much time it would take to encrypt a 4kB > mail for ... 1000 recipients (realistic?)) > > we could also require all incoming mails to be signed, > and use some kind of trusted key server... ran by linux's > fans > > to avoid junkmailers digging into archives, looking for > email addresses, we have to keep addresses secret > > oooops... I just thought about one thing : there may be > remailers, decrypting the mailing list and forwarding > it unencrypted...
If the list server would just delete email addresses then most of the problems would stop within a few months I think.
Email addresses can be replaced be u_s_e_r_@_i_s_p_._c_o_m if they are being collected mechanically from the news feed.
If there is a chance someone might code something to fix addresses like that, then we can substitute 25sep96.42@some.place. That some place may not exist (spammer bounces _lots_ of mail because all the addresses are unique).
Better yet, some.place can forward mail to the real user for 48 hours after a post, send a polite note for the next 7 days, and send the source tree after that. The remailer can log hosts that seem to send a large amount of mail to the fake addresses.
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