> Excuse my ignorance, but this talk of UCE banner's grabbed my
>curiosity. Just what is a UCE banner? does it mean 'Unsolicited Commercial
>Email'?
> Does adding this NO UCE banner prevent the (correctly formatted)
>spam sender's mail coming into the server? If this is the case, it would
>seem a very useful modification to make.
Some states have begun to pass Spam laws. The general concept is that if
a SMTP server says spam is not welcome, then a spammer is not allowed to
send any to it. So if you put No UCE (unsolicited commercial email) or No
UBE (unsolicited bulk email), in the SMTP server's welcome banner, then
spammers are supposed to pick that up, and know that they can't send you
spam.
Unfortuantly, these laws are along the same idea as telemarketer laws. If
you tell them they are not welcome, they are SUPPOSED to pay attention.
But souless slimeballs really don't care much about the law, and will
ignore the banner if it is there or not.
BUT... the laws also take this into account. If you made an honest
attempt to notify them (ie, put the NO UCE in the banner), then you are
usually allowed to seek "damages" when they ignore it. Those can amount
to several hundred dollars PER EMAIL depending on the state and the law.
Chances are REAL good that you will never collect these fines, but it can
be fun to get the summary judgement against the spammer, and then send
the judgement to a collection agency and let them hassle a company for a
while (saying they can even FIND the spammer). Also, if they fail to show
up for court, or ignore court ordered fines long enough, they may find
themselves with an arrest warrent issued. So it will then only be a
matter of time before they are passing back thru the state, and get
pulled over for speeding or similar, and wind up in jail because they
spammed you.
Its a long shot, but the concept that it COULD happen sure makes me feel
a little better when my server gets flooded with unwanted junk email.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
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