On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 19:32 -0400, steve szmidt wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 October 2006 18:11, Levi Bard wrote:
> > > One thing which can be an effective tool in recognizing spam is the email
> > > name used. Usually it cannot even be pronounced.
> > >
> > > A script which counts the number of colliding consonants, or percentage
> > > of consonants in the name, can probably detect a high percentage.
> > >
> > > For those using kmail there is already a built-in ability to do this kind
> > > of script processing, if I read it right.
> >
> > Domain basename 'szmidt' - 85% consonant - flagged as spam. ;-)
>
> No, on the name - not the domain... :)
An exim server (or other daemons), set up to verify sender will drop 99%
percent of those creatures. In combination with with spamhaus and
spamcop, you can keep your inbox empty.
Logan
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