Re: [anti-spam-wg@localhost] Solution to Spam

• To: Walter Ian Kaye < >
• From: "Clive D.W. Feather" < >
• Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:30:16 +0100

Walter Ian Kaye said:
> What exactly do you mean by close monitoring of mailing lists? Do you 
> mean that you'll have dedicated staff for reading every obscure 
> mailing list on the planet?

And how does he deal with the fact that such action is a criminal offence
in this country?

>>>> Yesterday, in excess of 500 ISPs were contacted and informed about the
>>>> system.  The response has been unbelievable to say the least with 90%
>>>> reporting immediatly that they would adopt such a system.

> 90% positive response? You haven't even gotten that here; more like 
> the reverse. Perhaps you were just very vague in your "contact" so 
> the ISP representatives did not fully grasp the implications and only 
> responded in a "wishful" sense

Which ISPs did you - Mark - contact in the UK? I'm surprised that the
entire UK anti-spam community seems to be silent on this for such an
"unbelievable" response rate.

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