Re: [Asrg] How to defeat spam that uses encryption?

[Vernon Schryver <vjs@calcite.rhyolite.com>]

> From: "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <pbaker@verisign.com>

>                                             ... The spam senders are shy
> types who have shown marked reluctance to disclose their identity ...

Once again, for the umpteenth time, that is clearly false for almost
all spam.  Almost all spam is some sort of advertising.  In very few
cases does it makes sense to advertise via mail to strangers products
or services without providing an identity of some sort.  That is why
almost all spam contains a URL, SMTP mail address, telephone number, or
post address at which a party responsible for the spam can be contacted.

The only shyness that almost all spam senders might have about their
identities involves their SMTP envelope or header From values.  That
spammers really are shy about those values is an article of faith not
supported by evidence.

I think there is clear and convincing evidence that most spam carries