--On Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:14:08 -0700 Karl Auerbach <karl@cavebear.com> wrote: > I also get several hundred spams a day - many megabytes. > > I'm slowly working on an idea (not yet clearly formed) to constipate the > TCP stacks of those sending spam. <snip> > Of course, a smart spammer could hack his/her TCP stack to detect my > slow-receiving stack, but that is a job beyond the ability of most > spammers. clever idea. but I do think you underestimate the devious ingenuety of spammers. of course this will trigger more or less clever responses. the habit of one MTA (reportedly frequently in use by spammers) to drop connections once it feels it is done (as opposed to when both TCP partners agree on termination) is just a taster of what is yet to come in not so kind protocol intent violation... -- Måns Nilsson http://vvv.besserwisser.org