RE: [ILUG] Advice on Anti-Spam Strategy/Blocking Software Kieran O'Sullivan wrote:
> I am looking for some advice on an anti-spam strategy.  I have looked
> up spam blockers and from what I have read SpamAssassin seems to be
> prity good.  However I am managing a webmaster and info account and I
> have come to the conclusin that some kind of e-mail verification
> method will be the best.  

No. Forcing the rest of the world to do your work for you is simply wrong.

Challenge / Response mechanisms are wrong on many levels
  
> 
> I seen very good e-mail verification system a few years ago if you
> e-mailed this address you were challenged with an e-mail to which you
> had to reply.  Once you replied you were put into the "safe list" and
> never got challenged again.   

And broke the email system in the process ...


If you want to filter email there are plenty of sane solutions. Challenge /
response isn't one of them



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