Free calls are great, until you realize that telemarketers can take advantage of it too. And if it gets a decent share of use, it will be the next spam channel.
And since VOIP isn't regulated like telephone networks, there's nothing to protect you from it. The US do-not-call list doesn't apply.
I'm interested in what measures are in place to stop telemarketers from abusing the system.
No one said there wasn't room for improvement.
A nice little cgi where you can put in the senders email address as a short-lived whitelist would probably work pretty well.
The initial time delay depends on the configuration. The default is one hour.
For better numbers, try it yourself, and report back. That's the best way to validate it.
As spammers, adapt, the system can be adapted as needed, but for right now, it makes spammers stay at an IP for some measurable amount of time. That time gives other methods of blacklisting and spam blocking time to work.
Note that every email will NOT have to be sent multiple times. Only those emails that aren't part of an established "relationship" will.
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Free calls are great, until you realize that telemarketers can take advantage of it too. And if it gets a decent share of use, it will be the next spam channel.
And since VOIP isn't regulated like telephone networks, there's nothing to protect you from it. The US do-not-call list doesn't apply.
I'm interested in what measures are in place to stop telemarketers from abusing the system.
is that there are no honest politicians anymore.
Can't say that's much of a surprise, looking at the last few years of legislation.
No one said there wasn't room for improvement. A nice little cgi where you can put in the senders email address as a short-lived whitelist would probably work pretty well.
The initial time delay depends on the configuration. The default is one hour.
For better numbers, try it yourself, and report back. That's the best way to validate it.
As spammers, adapt, the system can be adapted as needed, but for right now, it makes spammers stay at an IP for some measurable amount of time. That time gives other methods of blacklisting and spam blocking time to work.
Note that every email will NOT have to be sent multiple times. Only those emails that aren't part of an established "relationship" will.