>> One scheme that seemed to me to have some promise was to detect spam
>> in the SMTP receiving program and deliberately delay its responses
>> to the sending program. So that the transaction of sending a message
>> is stretched out far longer than normal.
> That's called tarpitting. It would work against spammers who use
> their own resources to send. Those who use armies of zombies wouldn't > care.
I would think that at least it cuts down on the amount of spam, if enough of the zombies get stuck in tarpits.
Thanks --
David
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