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

["Michael Kaplan" <mkaplansolution at lycos.com>]

> Again you are assuming that everybody will be using the same system.
> How can the mailing list software know that they are a single entity?
> After all <peter.holzer at wsr...> and <peter.janecek at wsr...> aren't two
> mail addresses of the same person, either. One is mine, the other
> belongs to a colleague two doors down the hall.

When my system is activated all existing addresses are grandfathered in.
Now peter.holzer at wsr as an individual activates my system and he can use
any sub-address he wants except the system will not allow him to use
"janecek."  Now no one else can establish an account with a peter.???? at wsr
address.

The holder of the account peter.janecek at wsr was slow in
activating the system so he can keep his current peter.janecek at wsr address
but he cannot activate my system and use "peter" as the invariant part of
his email address.  If he wants to use my system then he can select the address
peterj.lucky at wsr.  Now if someone sends email to the deactivated
peter.janecek at wsr account they will get a CAPTCHA bounce encoding an address such
as peterj.59jrhn at wsr.  If the sender was on the white list then their email would
be directed to the peterj.lucky at wsr account.

Now back to original question:  How will a mailing list handle this?
Well, obviously both peter.holzer at wsr and peter.janecek at wsr must
register for the same mailing list.  Both will receive the list
mail in an unimpeded manner.  Both can post to the list, and just like
the current system the human members of the list will be likely know
that these are two different people.

The only problems I see is that peter.holzer at wsr can register, and then
peter.janecek at wsr can post to the list without registering.  We are just
talking about a mailing list here, what's the big deal if this happens.
Peter.holzer at wsr can complain to list operator and get peter.janecek at wsr
deactivated if this is such a big deal.

Michael Kaplan
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