Subject: Re: Pine 4.0 wishes - spamming

From: Kjell Andresen <[email-masked]>
Date: 25 Apr 1997 20:09:35 GMT

If the From: line had a 'wrong' email address, such as
   [email-masked], and it was easy to flip this on
   per need, then most likely we could stop some of the
   spamming. Just now we need to edit the From: field.

It would be easy to remove it by a program as well, e.g an additional
cut would do the job..

Kjell

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From: "Robert de Bath" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 22:42:47 +0100 (BST)

> It would be easy to remove it by a program as well, e.g an additional

Indeed this has started happening ... so I've changed my scheme. The from
address on this message is only valid for just over a week; most spammers
seem to take 2-3 weeks on average to collect and use an address.

-- 
Rob.                           (Robert de Bath <http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday>)

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From: Kent Sandvik <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 11:59:35 -0700

> It would be easy to remove it by a program as well, e.g an additional

The beauty is that each one of us could make our own
version, so whoever writes these 'pick up the email
addresses and spam' have to spend equal if not more time
changing their parser, style what we always have to do with
.procmail filters :-). Fight fire with fire. Is this a good
idea to make sure that the email spammers get bounced mail
so their mailboxes are full? --Kent

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