CSC 379:Week 1, Group 4: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:55, 5 July 2007

block domains or even top-level domains "known" to be large senders of spam
- Spamhaus Block List
  - see faq also
require users to request permission to send you e-mail (eg Earthlink spam blocker)
Charge for e-mail sent
opt-in for commercial email
domain authentication
bounties
the "goodmail" approach
bond with escrow agencies

Technique Name	Pros	Cons
Block domains of "known" spammers	Gets rid of a large amount of spam Low chance of blocking legitimate email (sbl-faq) Mechanism to allow legitimate sources to know they were blocked (sbl-faq)	things

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 ==Spam Fighting Techniques==
+* block domains or even top-level domains "known" to be large senders of spam
+** [http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/ Spamhaus Block List]
+*** see faq also
+*require users to request permission to send you e-mail (eg Earthlink spam blocker)
+*Charge for e-mail sent
+*opt-in for commercial email
+*domain authentication
+*bounties
+*the "goodmail" approach
+*bond with escrow agencies
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 |Block domains of "known" spammers
-|*Gets rid of a large amount of spam
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-*Lower chance of blocking legitimate email
+*Gets rid of a large amount of spam
+*Low chance of blocking legitimate email (sbl-faq)
+**Mechanism to allow legitimate sources to know they were blocked (sbl-faq)
 |things
 |}