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Re: [Asrg] In case anyone thought Barry was exaggerating

"Chris Lewis" <clewis@nortelnetworks.com> Thu, 26 June 2003 21:21 UTC

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Yakov Shafranovich wrote:
> Well, this raises an interesting issue that I mentioned before - if a 
> virus takes over someone's email client, lets say Outlook, and starts 
> sending spam from that person's account which is legit, there isn't much 
> we can do. Someone else suggested that imposing a rate limit and 
> notifing the customer in case the limit is reached, would be a possible 
> solution.

Ah, but the email _isn't_ legit.  You're conflating "valid sender" with 
"non-spam".

See the C&W Rep on the FTC Spam Panel on "The future of spam" session, 
where he talks about these things.

Very chilling.

And also very entertaining.  He's a great speaker.


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