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NYTimes: Tangled Up in Spam
ezekieldas writes "Congratulations to the SpamAssassin developers and community! There's a mention of SA in the NYTMag as "one of the best tools for network administrators..." in an extensive article entitled
Tangled Up in Spam.
The article is quite substantial and the author, James Gleick, is more technically educated than what we've come to expect from the big press. Central to the story is the complexity in dealing with spam effectively in both technical and legal terms and the confusion it brings upon the neophyte. The conclusion drawn may be oversimplified but nonetheless pragmatic: 1) forged headers should be illegal 2) a specific header entry should identify the email as unsolicited."
Legitimate opt-in mailing lists are not spam, but may look very much like it. I know which mailing lists I've signed up for, and which ones I haven't; they both have opt-out links, although I'd be surprised if the one on the spam worked. How will a router tell the difference?
$x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$me='phroggy'x$];
$x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;
Or, since Hotmail sucks and Spamcop's webmail doesn't:
Spamcop only costs $30/year, and makes it easy to report spam, in a clear and consistent way that makes it easy for ISPs to take action. Shouldn't you do your part to help prevent spam, instead of just blocking it?
(I'm not affiliated with Spamcop, I just really like their service.)
$x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$me='phroggy'x$];
$x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;