Re: [OT] Challenge response.

From: Shailesh Humbad (s_at_mailpass.com)
Date: 05/05/04

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    Nils Petter Vaskinn wrote:
    > On Sun, 02 May 2004 07:56:49 +0000, Shailesh Humbad wrote:
    >
    >
    >
    >>P.S. Check out my nifty new email address--completely spam-proof! Yes,
    >>s@mailpass.com is my ACTUAL, non-munged email address. You (real
    >>people) can email me, but spammers can't! You get an automatic reply
    >>the first time you email me, and once you click on the verification link
    >>in the reply, all your subsequent emails get through.
    >
    >
    > Actually c/r mail schemes have a serious flaw: When you recieve spam with
    > a faked "From" address you offload the burden of doing you spam checking
    > onto the poor sod that had his address abused.
    >
    > Search alt.os.linux for msgid:
    > <Hgxhc.3662$eZ5.2468@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> for a lengthy
    > flamewar on the subject.
    >

    I posted a response to you in alt.spam.


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