From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e5c972d04da95d51 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-18 04:26:31 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!wn12feed!worldnet.att.net!4.24.21.153!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: SPAM-less email (was If anybody wants to make something in Adabut Date: 18 Apr 2003 06:26:29 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: <8oNF1$a9sLSr@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1050665107 28736 192.135.80.34 (18 Apr 2003 11:25:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 11:25:07 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36285 Date: 2003-04-18T06:26:29-05:00 List-Id: In article , tmoran@acm.org writes: > We currently have a large experiment on one way to lessen spammers. > It's the telephone system. People who want to accept everything have > 800 numbers. People who call non-800 numbers pay something for the > call. It doesn't stop all spam, but there are surely fewer telemarketing > calls than spam e-mails (though the former are each a bigger pain). We also have a way to detect the originator of calls (caller-ID). Originators have a large-scale method of getting around it (in the US) through purchasing T3 level trunks using analog protocols. We even have an entry-level method of getting around it, by getting an ISDN line in the US.