[P1] anti-spam note

[Jack Rodgers]

On Jan 1, 2004, at 3:32 PM, Don Hinkle wrote:

> and that means the spammer must send some agent into the server to 
> collect all those "live" addresses, and all an anti-spammer has to do 
> is track that agent bearing the loot...correct?

If the agent can be tracked to its final destination... A spammer might 
consider, among many ideas, having the agent go to one of many 
computers in the route and sit there for a day or two (what's the rush) 
in case that computer gets busted. Then unencrypt the next set of 
instructions and go to the next computer and wait...etc. The delays 
might through off the tracker.

And the agent might then blast its message to a thousand or more 
computers in the next step...

Or it might disguise itself and work like an old style network where 
ever computer reads the message and you would never know who the actual 
designee was.

Or it could just sit somewhere until the right computer comes along to 
pick it up.

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Since most spam is being sent by Microsoft OS computers, the answer to 
stopping SPAM seems obvious...  Jack Rodgers