Comment Future of Anti-Spam Techniques (Score 5, Interesting) 112
Most antispam software seems to be fairly reactionary - wither it is based on keyword patters, urls, sender, ip, or the checksum of the message a certain amount of spam has to first be sent and identified before additional messages will be tagged and blocked. Spf, domainkeys, etc... requires a certain percentage of the Internet to adopt before they will be truely effective.
What do you see on the horizon as the next big technique to battle spam? How will this affect legitimate users on the Internet?
What do you see on the horizon as the next big technique to battle spam? How will this affect legitimate users on the Internet?