On Tuesday, September 7, 2004, 10:16:06 PM, David Funk wrote:
So each forwarding of a spam message is that much more exposure and value-add for the actual slime-merchant.
If we can make that reference anathema, then we take away its value and reduce the effectiveness of that advertising medium, thus reducing the profit motive. Which ultimately will be the only real way to stop spam. As long as there's good money to be made in a particular activity (spam, drugs, smuggling, etc) people will do it, regardless of how hard it is to do.
But who forwards their (non-anti-spam) friends pill or morgtage spams? No one I know...
The real question is about the quality of our data, and we're not going to improve that by including a bunch of questionable domains. People who use our lists need to be sure they're catching real spam with them and not ham.
Jeff C.