>> From: "Markus Gufler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] << >> The simpliest thing to understand how dumb such tecniques are is to immagine what's happens if everyone goes to using it. After a joe-job that any little script-kiddy can start in a nutshell the internet will immediatly go down because the C/R systems will shot against all other systems. But what's comming back? Exact! Another C/R confirm mail. And so on and so on... <<
Every heard of NULL senders? C/R's are sent from a null sender and contain a URL link. If the joe-jobbed party also employs C/R, then nothing will happen, since it has no place to RESPOND to. C/R are extremely helpful for the administrator. I block 80% of all messages based on a weighted scheme with Declude and Sniffer. So, most joe-jobs are simply ignored. However, a few messages are just to close to call. To avoid false positives, I have to let them through. If there was a C/R mechanism, I could be more conservative, block more spam, well knowing that a SMALL percentage of messages would result in a C/R message to be send just in case I have the occasional false positive. Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax: +1 201 934-9206 To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
