Re: How is XMPP better than SMTP for spam prevention?

Hello
I notice another point, where I see no solution, and I must admit, I
have no good ideas too, but its similiar to email spam. After spend some
thoughts I think this is the main point of all spam problems.

What about the JID creation?
When I would be a spammer, I would create a account on jabber.org.
After I get the JID I would start my program which connect to different
servers, search for users in MUCs or use the user directories and hope
that enough people buy my little blue pills.

After some hours I notice that some servers starts to block my
spam-messages. oooohhhh, okay, visit jabber.org again to get a new JID
cost 10 seconds... :p

Some kind of capchas will not prevent me to create a new JID, it would
only block, maybe, my spam-app to do this automatic.
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Some question about this:
-Why there is no time delay between the click on the "register" button
and the JID creation?
If I am a regular user I can wait one hour or longer before I get my
JID for Jabber. There is no need for me to get this JID immediately.

-Why there is not any kind of authentification?
On every moderated mailinglist, email account or other wenbservices I
get an email with a confirmation link. Sure, this eMails are not the
best solution, but better than nothing.

Peter


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