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NetRodent · 07-08-2003, 04:37 PM

Isn't this the company getting sued by Hormel?

It would be effective at blocking spam, but it seems like it could end up blocking a lot of automated, but legitimate email such as billing company receipts, bounce notifications, mailing lists, etc. Also, if the sender doesn't check his/her mail in a timely fashion the message they sent could be unduly delayed. The blocked messages are kept on SpamArrests server for 7 days and then deleted. If the sender or reciever isn't prompt in checking their mail, important messages could be lost.

In short, like most of the other spam filtering ideas, its clever but deeply flawed.

07-08-2003, 04:37 PM	#4
NetRodent NetRodent should edit this X Cuseme Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: In the walls of your house. Posts: 154 xBucks: 429	Isn't this the company getting sued by Hormel? It would be effective at blocking spam, but it seems like it could end up blocking a lot of automated, but legitimate email such as billing company receipts, bounce notifications, mailing lists, etc. Also, if the sender doesn't check his/her mail in a timely fashion the message they sent could be unduly delayed. The blocked messages are kept on SpamArrests server for 7 days and then deleted. If the sender or reciever isn't prompt in checking their mail, important messages could be lost. In short, like most of the other spam filtering ideas, its clever but deeply flawed. __________________ <!--<font size="1">"Did you ever hear anyone say 'that work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me'?" Joseph Henry Jackson, American Journalist, 1894-1946</font>--> <font size="1">"I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."<br>--Richard Nixon</font>