They just get money from customers, it is not their job to give them anything in return... Remember, the customer is always wrong, and if it gets them more money, then it must be right...:-P
Unless I have that mixed up and BellSouth is putting thoughts in my head...
They should set it up just like the do-not-call registry, but they just need to SHA-256 all the addresses before they put them in the database, so that they can be checked, but they would be unless if a spammer attempted to use a list to fill up there database.
They could use it to verify if an address is valid, but they have piles of ways to do that already.
Then make it a list for everyone to use, so that we can finally turn down the sensitivity of my spam filter.
I can see where this 2-tiered internet is heading, more political scandals and tighter regulations of the internet. No thanks.
Well, there will be fewer political scandals because they will change the ethics laws to make what they do legit;-)
Then they will have to make some laws to prevent the meida from having them look bad... but they will just take bribes from the telecom companies to degrade the QOS of any service saying anything, in exchange for enacting the laws allowing them to degrade everything.
It looks like a good idea to me... they lock people in for 12 months, so that after they have made it so people can only record shows for up to 30 seconds, they will not be able to quit, without paying.
That way, they have to live with it for a while, and by the end of there contract, they do not release they are out of that contract, so they just keep paying, with a device that the company has "upgraded" to the point of not doing anything.
Some of these companies make me sick.
I was getting about 40 spam messages a day, before I implemented my new anti-spam e-mail server.
Now I get about one or two... but SenderID only blocks about two messages a week.
Much more effective are my set of 5 Blacklists, a URL Blacklist, and some simple rules.
SenderID can stop fake from addresses, but the people sending the messages will just use servers that do not have SPF entry's, as all the servers will never implement it.
I do not think that this is a bad thing, as I think the United States government would do well with a system so that they do not try to censor the internet or pull any other funny stuff... as I can not say that I fully trust them, even when they may be my government.
I have been using Spamihilator for a while now, with the DCC plug-in activated, that checks a fuzzy check-sum of the message with servers that hold a list of other users who use this filter.
I have found that it does block a number of newsletters that large numbers of people receive, however a simple list of newsletter definitions do a good job of preventing this problem.
I just put this filter with a DNSBL filter that checks Spamcop and other blacklists, and a learning filter, with no spam reaching my inbox, and all real messages getting in fine.
More Information:
http://www.rhyolite.com/anti-spam/dcc/http://www.spamihilator.com/
I am on a university network, and there was a large virus problem, until the deployment of Clean Access... this requires users to install virus software before they will be put on the main sub-net. They are held in a remediation sub-net until they Update Windows, Install AV software, etc. While there they can only download provided Av software, and access windows update.
It can cause a large load on the help desk at the start, but it has increased network reliability by a good factor.
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They just get money from customers, it is not their job to give them anything in return... Remember, the customer is always wrong, and if it gets them more money, then it must be right... :-P
Unless I have that mixed up and BellSouth is putting thoughts in my head...
They should set it up just like the do-not-call registry, but they just need to SHA-256 all the addresses before they put them in the database, so that they can be checked, but they would be unless if a spammer attempted to use a list to fill up there database. They could use it to verify if an address is valid, but they have piles of ways to do that already. Then make it a list for everyone to use, so that we can finally turn down the sensitivity of my spam filter.
I can see where this 2-tiered internet is heading, more political scandals and tighter regulations of the internet. No thanks. Well, there will be fewer political scandals because they will change the ethics laws to make what they do legit ;-)
Then they will have to make some laws to prevent the meida from having them look bad... but they will just take bribes from the telecom companies to degrade the QOS of any service saying anything, in exchange for enacting the laws allowing them to degrade everything.
It looks like a good idea to me... they lock people in for 12 months, so that after they have made it so people can only record shows for up to 30 seconds, they will not be able to quit, without paying. That way, they have to live with it for a while, and by the end of there contract, they do not release they are out of that contract, so they just keep paying, with a device that the company has "upgraded" to the point of not doing anything. Some of these companies make me sick.
The more standards we have, the more competition there will be from providers of the services, and then the prices will be lower, better for everyone.
If they are just going to support Microsoft, yet Apple is using intel processors, any guess on how this will work out?
I was getting about 40 spam messages a day, before I implemented my new anti-spam e-mail server. Now I get about one or two... but SenderID only blocks about two messages a week. Much more effective are my set of 5 Blacklists, a URL Blacklist, and some simple rules. SenderID can stop fake from addresses, but the people sending the messages will just use servers that do not have SPF entry's, as all the servers will never implement it.
I do not think that this is a bad thing, as I think the United States government would do well with a system so that they do not try to censor the internet or pull any other funny stuff... as I can not say that I fully trust them, even when they may be my government.
If you are using the TabBrowser Preference extension for Firefox, the exploit site will just open in a new tab, and the MSDN site will remain unaffected. https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?id=158&application=firefox
I have been using Spamihilator for a while now, with the DCC plug-in activated, that checks a fuzzy check-sum of the message with servers that hold a list of other users who use this filter. I have found that it does block a number of newsletters that large numbers of people receive, however a simple list of newsletter definitions do a good job of preventing this problem. I just put this filter with a DNSBL filter that checks Spamcop and other blacklists, and a learning filter, with no spam reaching my inbox, and all real messages getting in fine. More Information: http://www.rhyolite.com/anti-spam/dcc/ http://www.spamihilator.com/
I am on a university network, and there was a large virus problem, until the deployment of Clean Access... this requires users to install virus software before they will be put on the main sub-net. They are held in a remediation sub-net until they Update Windows, Install AV software, etc. While there they can only download provided Av software, and access windows update. It can cause a large load on the help desk at the start, but it has increased network reliability by a good factor.