Re: [SLUG] New/old spam fighting idea

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Thu Apr 08 2004 - 23:28:58 EDT


On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Paul M Foster wrote:

> I'm interested in coming up with a hello-okay method of fighting spam.
> (That's just my name for something else already in use, which may be
> patented. I just _can't_ recall what it's called at the moment, but I'm
> sure you can guess it. ;-).

Challenge-response?

> Anyone else interested in working on something like this?

Been done. Anti-spam people say there are issues with mailing lists, but
users like them (AFAIK); make sure you whitelist mailing lists. I don't
use one, or I'd give you a URL. Sorry.

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