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

Revision as of 00:16, 6 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
- see article
- PDF paper on charging for email
opt-in for commercial email
domain authentication
- what canada has to say about it
- seemingly useful article with links to domain authentication related concepts
bounties
- MSNBC article
- another article about same event
the "goodmail" approach
bond with escrow agencies
- microsoft using following service
- service for escrow

Technique Name	Pros	Cons	Our Rating
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	5 stars!

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 *the "goodmail" approach
 *bond with escrow agencies
+**[http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/05/1237245 microsoft using following service]
+**[http://www.senderscorecertified.com/ service for escrow]
 [http://www.spamlaws.com/articles/usf.pdf huge paper on this subject]