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Yahoo, AOL plan fee for bypassing spam filters

Okay... I know at first your saying, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" But believe me, this is a "Good Thing(tm)". Read the article.

Essentially, companies, like YOUR BANK, will be able to pay a premium to have their e-mail placed on a white list. And while I'm sure people are thinking the spammers will be able to get on there too. NOT FOR LONG! They are ACCOUNTABLE for what they send as a result of this. I'm sure complaints will NOT be handled lightly.

Date: 2006-02-08 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prowler1971.livejournal.com
They can white list based on IP address (as [livejournal.com profile] bdragon pointed out). Currently there is a system by which a custom header is created. That's been used to identify spam by spamassassin. Of course, this is fairly easily spoofable but I bet using some kind of public/private key combination they can decrease the amount of spoofing. Maybe requiring a reverse connection to verify the source is not spoofed. There are a lot of ways to verify.

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