Comments on: Spam challenged

By: Airport News

Airport News — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:38:29 +0000

I don’t like these ‘spam challenge’ systems for another reason – they usually come with a fee attached. They also take some set up (as you allude to). I tried Norton, but you only rent it. Once the subscription expires it switches itself off (which can’t be right, I thought I’d bought it…!) Instead I now use AVG, which is not perfect, but at least as effective as Norton, its free and soon catches on to spammers.

By: Susan Hastilow

Susan Hastilow — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:09:16 +0000

I was just wondering what happens if someone puts you on a spam list???
Ths Susan

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:34:25 +0000

I am not exactly sure what you mean, Susan. If you send someone an email and they decide that they don’t like it and mark it as spam, it will have very little effect. Most of these systems are local only to the recipient so THEY will never see your mail again but it won’t affect anyone else. Some that are part of a cooperative, such as the Akismet comment spam system, require a significant number of thumbs down votes before it takes much action so one person that you may have offended will not make a lot of difference.

The equivalent of the schoolboy trick of filling in post-paid reply forms in someone else’s name would be to subscribe to spammy newsletters with someone else’s email address. There is not a lot you can do about that. Good and legitimate subscriptions require a confirmation before becoming active. The others will just accelerate the spam tide a little.

By: Anti Spam

Anti Spam — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:46:37 +0000

I agree, “you are making your correspondents jump through hoops just to write to you.”

Seems this spam tactic is catching on, but I do find it very annoying to have to answer to these emails whenever I send a friend or a customer a valid email.