Re: [silk] SPF and spam

2007-03-15 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 09:53:08PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, ok. As I said earlier, TMDA isn't for everybody. The point is that TMDA is like a sharp katana. You don't want these things lying around in a kindergarten. It looks like it isn't for you. It looks like TMDA is for

Re: [silk] SPF and spam

2007-03-15 Thread Michael Silk
one thing to think about is while CRAP systems are crap, could they not help develop a new underlying protocol that actually works better, because of there increased spam rate? maybe if we all start using them we can actually kill SMTP and drown it in a world of captcha-like annoyances. in any

Re: [silk] SPF and spam

2007-03-15 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Michael Silk wrote: one thing to think about is while CRAP systems are crap, could they not help develop a new underlying protocol that actually works better, because of there increased spam rate? maybe if we all start using them we can actually kill SMTP and drown it in a world of

[silk] laptop insurance....

2007-03-15 Thread ashok _
Any recommendations for a laptop insurance that works ? I need something that I can buy online, and is valid for African countries. i found http://www.worldnomads.com who provide health insurance with coverage for loss of electronic equipment i dont really need health insurance, i just

Re: [silk] laptop insurance....

2007-03-15 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
ashok _ wrote: i found http://www.worldnomads.com who provide health insurance with coverage for loss of electronic equipment i dont really need health insurance, i just need something for a laptop, but i dont mind buying this, if it really does work for loss of luggage as they

Re: [silk] SPF and spam

2007-03-15 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 03:34:17PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: http://www.rhyolite.com/anti-spam/you-might-be.html Ah, they significantly improved upon the original since last time I saw it. -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org

Re: [silk] SPF and spam

2007-03-15 Thread Michael Silk
On 3/15/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Silk wrote: one thing to think about is while CRAP systems are crap, could they not help develop a new underlying protocol that actually works better, because of there increased spam rate? maybe if we all start using them

Re: [silk] SPF and spam

2007-03-15 Thread Dave Long
http://www.rhyolite.com/anti-spam/you-might-be.html I confess to: a) feeling that CRAP appears to attempt to solve a problem of too many mail messages by generating yet more messages, and b) falling under the #activist tag, myself. (does anybody really buy anything from spam, or is the

Re: [silk] laptop insurance....

2007-03-15 Thread ashok _
well... i want to insure a $800 laptop:) in the last few years i have lost 3 (all three were pretty battered, one was lost for my own stupidity the other two times circumstances beyond my control) and apart from the above i have a laptop without a screen after i dropped it... On

Re: [silk] SPF and spam

2007-03-15 Thread jcox
Carey, Not to be horribly snide Jon: Your question does not even sound slightly snide. But have you noticed a decrease in the number of overall emails you receive as well as the decrease in spam messages? No. I've been using TMDA for a few years now. So far, so good.

Re: [silk] SPF and spam

2007-03-15 Thread Devdas Bhagat
On 15/03/07 18:07 +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Dave Long wrote: a) filter by provenance, not by content b) punish by wall-clock, not accept/reject That is, if one is accepting mail from a relay which one trusts to be largely ham, let the TCP connection run full bore (or at

Re: [silk] definitely delayed indefinitely...

2007-03-15 Thread shiv sastry
On Wednesday 14 Mar 2007 12:14 pm, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: Seems like someone out there has a sense of humour, unlike most of the IR guys one gets to meet From a psychological viewpoint the statement seems to suggest that those who enter the IR enter a different 'dark side' that makes