On 9/4/17 11:52 PM, Evgeny Khramtsov wrote: > Mon, 4 Sep 2017 19:46:32 -0600 > Peter Saint-Andre <stpe...@stpeter.im> wrote: > >> One suggestion I've heard is to require proof of work in order to even >> allow a subscription request to be delivered by the recipient's >> server. That seems like a promising approach, to me. > > Clients should support it, that's the problem. > >> I agree that the subscription requests are useless, although not >> harmless because they can be distracting and confusing to most users > > My point is that after trying this approach, spammers will likely back > off because of losing incentives. Well, really, what's the point in > sending these subscriptions when clients don't even render its text?
Given that all the XMPP spam I have ever received is about paying someone to send even more XMPP spam (nothing about pharmaceuticals, easy ways to make money, or anything really interesting like that), I expect that the senders will back off at some point. ;-) Peter
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