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Re: Anti-SPAM announcement from AT&T Worldnet
- From: Michael Dillon
- Date: Sat Mar 29 19:24:25 1997
On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, Scott Bradner wrote:
> --
> Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm under the impression that the
> Electronic Communications Act of 1986 (?) makes it quite illegal to screw
> around with mail that you have accepted for delivery.
> --
>
> spammers bill of rights? kinda don't think that would have been the
> aim.
I think that you can comply with the ECPA by simply bouncing back the
email to the sender and only if that is not possible, then drop it in
/dev/null. Since spammers almost always have bogus reply addresses you
shouldn't run into a problem with this even if you are a relay since once
you have failed to bounce back one message, you can then add that source
address to a list that you refuse to accept email from.
If there is a way that spammers can launch a lawsuit against AT&T on the
basis of the ECPA then I am sure they will try so it's best to be
proactive here.
Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting
Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-250-546-3049
http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com
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