Re: [OFFTOPIC] spam scoring (was: *****SPAM***** Extracting a KeySym from an action routine)

On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 [email protected] wrote:

> Spam only works because its one-to-many.  Forcing a confirmation requires
> many-to-one and will collapse a spam server (or be ignored, either way you
> win).  In addition, adding a two-way element avoids all the ethical issues
> of blacklists.  If someone really wants to post to the list that badly and
> they score positive, they'll send the email verification.
>

Many spam messages either don;t have a valid reply address or use the of
some poor soul who annoyed to the spammer. I hope however in the weighting
that being subscribed will mean that spam scoring is turned off, well
atleast against the RBL.

James