[extropy-chat] codes in scam letters

Dan Clemmensen dgc at cox.net
Tue Sep 27 01:46:33 UTC 2005


kevinfreels.com wrote:

>A huge amount of spam is trapped at the ISP level before getting to the
>consumer, so I doubt this would be an effective way to send code to
>terrorists. They would be better served sending genuine personal messages
>that are coded with one-time cyphers.
>  
>
But it is trivially easy to set up an e-mail server of your own: an 
e-business.
The ISP does not in general filter on behalf of an e-business: it is the 
responsibility
of the business to defend itself.

Furthermore, even if a "huge amount" is filtered, a "huge amount" still 
gets through.




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