Comment New tech (Score 3, Interesting) 321
Some time ago a new way for filtering spam has been discovered. Solution is simple, yet brilliant - we already have those "To confirm you're not a script, please type the text shown in this image" at various websites to guard against form-submitting bots. Apply this to email (bounce back all emails with image attached) and all the spam is gone! Not that it is a perfect solution (I wish there was...) as I see 2 minor flaws in this system :
1. It introduces a delay in communication - confirmation letter has to be sent and reply received.
2. Not all recepients at the other end are *that smart* to understand "what the hell this image means and what am I supposed to do with it?"
From the other side it can serve as lameness filter ;)
But still a promising technology. I've searched the web and came with both subscription services Mailblocks and client-side apps Icemile. The last one is free and I think I'll stick with it.
1. It introduces a delay in communication - confirmation letter has to be sent and reply received.
2. Not all recepients at the other end are *that smart* to understand "what the hell this image means and what am I supposed to do with it?"
From the other side it can serve as lameness filter
But still a promising technology. I've searched the web and came with both subscription services Mailblocks and client-side apps Icemile. The last one is free and I think I'll stick with it.
