The Monday 2004-03-15 at 02:19 -0500, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
That is one of the biggest threats spam poses, IMO. In oder to stop it, sources will have to be more specifically identified. That means privacy and anonymity for legitimate purposes will be lost as collateral damage.
Since the problem really is doing harm to the viability of Internet mailing systems, it's bound to result in more demanding identification requirements.
Except on the list, where most of the receipts headers before reaching the SuSE server are striped, there is always enough info to determine which server really sent the email. The problem is that you have to determine which are false headers, and which real. Then, once you have the IP you can determine who really sent it; it depends on countries, but at least in Spain the dial up providers keep records of all connections made, correlating phone numbers with IPs and login used. But you need a court order to make use of them. So... there is no need to pay per email sent, as some advocate. The means are there: just identify the spammers, and put them in jail. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson