Re: Challenge-response mail filters considered harmful
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:00:02PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 09:07:09PM -0700, Alan Connor wrote:
> > I don't know why CR programs offend some people so much.
> > The fact that so many CR opponents are self-styled spamfighters
> > poses a conundrum of mind-boggling proportions.
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> Because CR hinders legitimate mail almost as effectively as it hinders
> spam for about the same false-positive rate as bayesian filtering.
> Also, you're part of the spam problem if you're not reporting spam.
> If you're summarily deleting all spam, you're accepting the problem
> and doing nothing to solve it.
What is the proper way to report spam?
-- hendrik
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