[iyonix-support] Re: Spam infiltration
- From: Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:29:59 +0200
In message <4e4e66b3bbfrank@xxxxxxxxxx>
Frank de Bruijn <frank@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Rainer Schubert wrote:
>>
>> > Harriet, point your browser at http://www.dl6hbo.de/downloads/RISC_OS/
>> > where you should find my !MDM utility which is capable to sent back
>> > unwanted email that has escaped SpamStamp etc. and has been delivered.
Sounds like a disastrous idea to me.
>> > You asked me before for an URL to download it from... years ago.
>>
>> I don't believe that bouncing e-mail back to spammers in this day and
>> age is going to do anything beyond increasing my own bandwidth usage -
>
> Indeed. And you would very likely be spamming some unsuspecting third
> party. Remember, sender addresses on spam are often forged these days.
More than just often. Practically always.
> I haven't looked at !MDM, but if it doesn't do some very clever
> processing to locate the real culprit, I would advise against using it.
> Strongly.
Yes, I fully agree. Actually, anyone using a program like MDM nowadays
effectively becomes a spammer himself/herself. Rainer, I do not think
offering such a program is a good idea, even less so using it.
Fortunately, it will not work for most users anyway. Most ISPs only
allow messages to be sent from one of the e-mail addresses the
customer has registered.
Martin
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