Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:41:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: SpamArrest
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Jim Kling wrote:

> What really appeals to me about SpamArrest is that it generates backlash
> against the spammer -- he gets a confirmation email sent right back to
> him. Send 100,000 emails to 100,000 people using SpamArrest or a similar
> service, and you're server would crash.

Unless, like many Spam messages, it's from a blank source -- you know, the
kind with an address to reply to inside the message and a note at the end
"don't hit reply -- this comes from a mailbox that we never read".
Perfectly legit outfits (PayPal, EBay, and others) do this to keep _their_
systems from being overwhelmed.

-- Dick Eney