[79709] in Cypherpunks
Re: Spam Update/Cyber Promo attacked
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Osborne)
Fri May 9 00:15:31 1997
Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 23:01:44 -0400
To: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
From: Rick Osborne <osborne@gateway.grumman.com>
Cc: cypherpunks mailing list <cypherpunks@algebra.com>
In-Reply-To: <ayZe7D51w165w@bwalk.dm.com>
Reply-To: Rick Osborne <osborne@gateway.grumman.com>
Dimitri Vulis wrote:
>Perhaps an activex program for w95 :-)
If I hadn't sworn to take my own life before I touched ActiveX, then I
might have considered that course of action. :) Instead, I'll leave it as
an exercise for the reader.
>I suggest you learn to filter your e-mail.
Actually, this account has adequate filters. Unfortunately, my employer
chooses to use Exchange for mail, which has less than astonishing filtering
capability. But I appreciate the inference as to my (lack of)
intelligence. ;)
>You could also try an html form whose actions send mailto:your@enemy
Wouldn't work with all browsers, and can't get more than one at a time.
>He'll just filter out your site.
Which is why I originally suggested bypassing the normal sendmail route and
using straight sockets. If he blocks my script from connecting directly to
his smtpd then I use a random smtpd somewhere as a go-between, routing it
to his smtpd. He can't (won't) block them all. Also, this is why I
recommended making the script small and portable: *anyone* could put it up
on their site. He can't block everyone.
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