Mark Komarinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>said:
>>> I had an interesting thought today, but it's a real strange one Knew I smelt something burning... :-) >>> So back to the idea. When "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wants to >>> deliver something to me, why can't the MTA hit the MX for mail.com >>> and VRFY that the account is valid? If it's valid, it comes >>> through. If not *wham* gets immediately flagged as spam and goes >>> to an alternate box or whatever. It takes but a few minutes to obtain an account on Yahoo or the other major web mail systems. So, once the spammer does that, it then sends out the spam from whatever ISP it's been planning to use all along, but does so with a brand-new, verifiable, real e-mail address at a well-known web mail provider that's worth precisely zilch. Any e-mail directed to that account can be ignored by its owner and auto-closed when the bounces fill the allotted 4MB of space or whatever... Sorry, but I must've missed something here, but it sounds like that's exactly what's happening in a majority of the cases. Bayard ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bayard R. Coolidge N1HO DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed are Compaq Computer Corp. solely those of the author, and not Nashua, New Hampshire, USA those of Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DEC '77-'98) or any other entity. "Brake for Moose - It could save your life" - N.H. Fish & Game Dept. -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/CC d+ s:+ a++ C+++$ UO++$L++>$ P L++>$ E-@ W+ N++ o- K? w--- O? M? V-- PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP- t++ 5? X? R* tv b++ DI+++ D? G e++ h-- r++ y? UF++ -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
