[jaws-uk] Re: Unwanted e-mail

 this is an old one  but caught my ear, my Isp Zen who came top again in Which 
Consumer report, uses this Verification system and swear by it, and I have not 
had any Spam since I left freeserve in September 2006 not even a spec, mind you 
 all changed  Ip number I guess and further more I have not bought anything on 
line I am not sure if the latter is relevant but  once aa Rnib Volunteer said 
to me once you buy something they will find you Dorothy
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: George Bell 
  To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 12:05 PM
  Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Unwanted e-mail


  Hi Brian,

  I believe the process you are referring to is called "Reverse DNS Lookup".  
Freelists do this each time a message is received.  It sure cuts down the 
volume of spam on the lists, although moderators can see what's being refused.

  George.



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  From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Brian Lingard
  Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:01 AM
  To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Unwanted e-mail


  Ottawa Canada

  Hi Ken and list:

  Good point about filtering out mail from specific unwanted senders is 
impractical as most Spam is from seemingly random users at random domains.

  Actually, often the domains remain the same, but since they are legitimate 
domains, banning the domain would possibly also ban mail from legitimate 
senders.

  Its a real problem.

  One UK firm uses something called Sender Verification.  When they receive an 
e-mail, they try to send a dummy message to that user and domain.  If their 
message fails, they purge the received message as SPAM.  If the validation 
message is successful, they relay the message on to its addressee.

  They claim this incredibly reduces the amount of SPAM their users receive.

  Not sure if my ISP uses this technique or not, but I do know my list 
management address and a couple of alternate e-mail addresses I have, now 
receive nowhere near the amount of SPAM they used to.

  Take care.

  Brian 
  Brian K. Lingard 
  email: b.Lingard@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Skype: ve3yiab2ji15 
  tel: +1 (613) 247-0665 
  New York NY Tel +1 (646) 797-2862 
  FAX +1 (613) 247-9998 



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