[Spambayes] RE: [SPAM] Another SpamBayes question

Coe, Bob rcoe at CambridgeMA.GOV
Sat Aug 16 18:01:55 EDT 2003


Much as we (and our users) dislike spam, it's useful to remember that many things are worse. For example, spam messages could be paper junk mail, which doesn't vanish at the touch of a button.

BTW, didn't one of the purveyors of canned animal scraps threaten to sue anybody who used the word "spam" in a software product name? Is Spambayes immune from that threat? Or had we better not get too attached to the name?

Bob


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Beckman [mailto:beckman at purplecow.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 10:52 AM
> To: Meyer, Tony
> Cc: David McNab; SpamBayes List
> Subject: Re: [Spambayes] RE: [SPAM] Another SpamBayes question
> 
> 
> On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Meyer, Tony wrote:
> 
> > > What I'd really like is if there was some way of setting up
> > > my mail system (Exim and procmail), so that when a spam gets
> > > detected, spambayes causes Exim to hang the SMTP connection
> > > (or drip-feed a response), and cause the spammer's box on the
> > > other end to hang for a couple of minutes.
> 
>  Don't forget that some spammers use legitimate SMTP servers to send spam;
>  if someone sends spam from a shared server, you could be preventing tens,
>  hundreds or even thousands of users from sending their legitimate non-spam
>  email.  More importantly, doing so could make an ISP consider it a DOS
>  attack, call YOUR ISP, and get YOU kicked off.
> 
>  It's bad form, in my opinion.  Try something else, like suing them in
>  court, and not letting it drop until they pay.  That's what I did.



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