> > > Extending the TCPA to include unsolicited commercial mail is our best > > > collective hope at slowing down spam in the short term, > > > > yeah, like it's really going to stop the spam coming from Korea. > > I stop that by blocking anything coming in with a Korean character > set. That and the thing blocking anything with a Chinese character set > stop a huge number of hits a day. I'm not concerned, actually, about > the garbage I can automatically eliminate. What concerns me is the > fraction that I can't, like the "Giant Discount!" spam that just made > it past my filters. it's easy to build a filter that will remove 99% of what is spam to *me* - just get rid of anything that is not written in English, or that contains any Java or Javascript, or any Microsoft- or Apple-specific file format, or that doesn't have a valid return address. basically I'd be rejecting things that I either couldn't read or couldn't reply to anyway. it's much more difficult to filter spam in general. one person's spam might be another person's life-changing investment opportunity... Keith
