21 Jun
2001
21 Jun
'01
6:54 a.m.
So they spam from Belize <http://www.belize.net> and get off scott-free?
The solution is Athentication. When we KNOW who is knocking at the door,
we can open it or keep it shut.
Caller ID has helped for phones - if I don't recognized the phone number,
or (worse) it's "restricted", the call goes straight to the answering
machine.
-Mike
On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Sellam Ismail wrote:
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 08:38:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com>
Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Wave of the Future (Spam)
On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
There is a way to stop/impede this sort of thing.
It's just got to become
important enough for someone to make the investment to do it. Perhaps it's
What we really need is a law that says anyone caught spamming will be
fined $10,000 per message sent. Then wait for the first sucker to get
caught, make an extreme example out of the asshole, repeat a few times,
and that's that. Problem solved.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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