[PLUG] [Fwd: Verify plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org for dduncan at hexi.com]

[Jeme A Brelin]

On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Russ Johnson wrote:
> It appears that someone (probably a spam generating virus) send a
> message to dduncan at hexi.com.
>
> His verifier didn't recognized the sending address, and so responded
> with the correct email.
>
> What's not working? Would this not stop most spam from getting to him?

Um, because it WASN'T spam.  It was a legitimate automated message.  And
it didn't get to him.

Forced verification doesn't work because it assumes that legitimate email
only ever comes from a human being who reads replies and responds
intelligently.

J.
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