On 10/14/03 08:28 AM, Leon Oosterwijk sat at the `puter and typed: > All, > > I would like some feedback from you all on the following idea. What if > spamassassin followed unsubscribe links for all emails that came through > it's filter for emails that are obviously spam. This way people would > automatically get unsubbed from some of these lists. > > Leon
I guess you've gotten the idea from other posts that this is an idea. To confirm the legitimacy of these doubts, try this: Set up a pristine new email address, but DON'T GIVE IT OUT TO ANYONE. Everytime you get a spam with an unsubscribe link, follow it and unsubscribe this new pristine address. Nevermind who the message was sent to, I promise the unsub page won't care 99.999% of the time. Sit back and watch what happens. I've heard of people trying this experiment and actually getting spam within a few days of dropping these unsubs. Even though the address never appeared in a web page, newsgroup, or email message of any kind - only in the unusb links. Seems like a decent way to seed a honeypot address. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
