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The Next Step in Fighting Spam: Greylisting

Posted by michael on from the ideas-are-a-dime-a-dozen dept.

Evan Harris writes "I've just published a paper on a new and unique spam blocking method called "Greylisting". The best thing about it other than achieving better than 97% effectiveness in blocking spam, is that it practically eliminates the main problem of other solutions: the false-positive. There's even source code for an example implementation written as a perl filter for sendmail, along with instructions for installing, so you can get up and running quickly."

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  1. Sarxpam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    What about sarxpam? Is there any solution to the sarxpam (unsolicited and unwanted sexually-oriented E-mail) epidemic? I'm always receiving offers to enlarge certain parts of my anatomy, watch young teens perform disgusting acts, etc.etc.

    Short of changing my email address, is there any way I can stop them?