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

[Seth Breidbart <sethb at panix.com>]

"Michael Kaplan" <mkaplansolution at lycos.com> wrote:

> There will still be some innocent victims, but the number is now far
> fewer.

"None" is acceptable.  Any number higher than that, even if "far
fewer" than some even worse method, is not acceptable.

If I'm a victim of your system, there will be complaints and blocking
as a result.

> Email service providers can respond to the growing popularity of
> this system by filtering out any bounce that is sent to a user who
> had not previously sent the corresponding email.  There really
> should be no reason for anyone to receive a bounce in response to an
> email that they never sent."
>
> As you can see instant global implementation of my system is
> definitely not a requirement.

No, it's merely a requirement not to be subjected to spam by the users
of your system.

>  No, I haven't received much in terms of words of support, but I've
> avoided what I feared most: A specific reason(s) why my system
> wouldn't work.

Which you did by ignoring the reasons given.

> My system remains the ONLY proposed system that allows people avoid
> nearly 100% of spam while retaining their current email address,
> while allowing strangers to correspond, while being very simple to
> use and to implement, while remaining impervious to any technical
> circumvention by spammers.

I note that you don't give as a goal "avoiding harm to innocent
victims".  That's one reason the users of your system will find
themselves blocked.

Seth

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