Re: Initial reactions

nisse@lysator.liu.se (Niels Möller) wrote 15 Oct 2004 15:06:49 +0200:

| > There may even be non-technical concerns with the approach; i.e., | > merely because you talk to someone doesn't mean you want them to | > talk to you. | | Can you give some examples? In general, I don't think one should send | email if one isn't prepared to receive replies and comments.

A virus sends a single mail to some key-collecting machine under control of the spammer. Spammer now has got a key to MTA of compromised PC-owners ISP. Perhaps can the effects of this be mitigated enough with user policies?