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[ On Wed, October 29, 1997 at 20:08:53 (-0500), Steve Sobol wrote: ] > Subject: SPAM, IEMMC, and Caller ID > > Will it help reduce spam? Absolutely not. People will find ways to "block" > the "caller ID", and not everyone uses sendmail as a mail server anyhow. Oh, but it will, just so long as the system ensures that the "blocked caller ID" is clearly identified as such. Here in Bell Canada territory such calls arrive with "private" names and/or numbers so I just don't answer them. This technique, in combination with some system of recording the names/numbers of known telemarketers who don't block their caller ID and I don't ever have to answer one of their calls. The only problem was with the recent political campaigns where the parties had volunteers call from their own homes to canvas for votes. Indeed if it weren't for third-party relay spam I wouldn't receive any at all as I currently block all mail where I cannot verify the sender through the DNS and I filter all connections from known spammers. -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 443-1734 VE3TCP <[email protected]> <robohack!woods> Planix, Inc. <[email protected]>; Secrets of the Weird <[email protected]>
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