Re: [Asrg] Please critique my anti-spam system

[Devdas Bhagat <devdas at dvb.homelinux.org>]

On 05/12/04 12:08 -0500, Michael Kaplan wrote:
> No one else has yet mentioned a problem with seeing images, maybe you
> can try again later.

I am not using a browser or MUA that can see images.

> 
> Billions of spam are sent each day and the problem is getting worse. 
> I believe that this system will profoundly decrease email traffic by
> eliminating spam.  In time as spam is controlled the number of bounces
> will decrease.

The response of spammers to better blocks and filters has been to send
more spam. If I want to ensure that 100 user get my spam, and a 90%
effective filter is commonly used, then I send out 1000 messages. If the
filter is 99% effective, I send out 10000.

> 
> The text in these bounces is generic.  An email service provider can alter
> the content of the message to a generic Chinese message if the user
> wishes.  The instructions for the CAPTCHA can be created in a hundred
> different languages - the user can decide which one to see.  

How do I know which language my sender will prefer? Particularly if the
sender is a new correspondent. If I set my system up to send out such
bounces in say, Hindi, and you don't understand it at all, how would
that situation be handled?

Devdas Bhagat

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