First of all, hello and welcome.
About me and when I get spare time , I am an active anti spam activist administrating on some of the worlds largest blacklists although it did get me in a bit of hot water a few years ago when I become the first person in the world to be sued by a spammer.
Two questions: how did that work out? (and a subsidiary question - Was it Spamhaus or SPEWS you were involved with at the time?)
And can you comment on the future of SPF (Sender Policy Framework) in regards to spam reduction?
There is obviously a lot more that went on behind the scenes and things that I cant talk about because of the work I am still currently involved in.
SPF , I am a fan of this and honestly cant understand why it hasn't taken off quicker than it has , people are catching on slowly that is does help , not a total answer by any means but certainly effective.
I think these days the most effective solution is outbound SMTP filtering considering that 80% of the worlds spamming is done via compromised Trojan or virus infected pc's on larger networks.
Thanks for the response, it certainly sounds like there is an extremely interesting story there.
I guess outbound SMTP filtering is an obvious solution when you think but is it expensive or difficult to set up? It is probably less expensive than inbound filtering? I suppose a lot of ISPs just may not be bothered setting it up?
