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Building the Better Spam Killer
Cross Platform Development Success Using REALbasic
Issue: 3.4 (March/April 2005)
Author: Jeffrey K. Hendrickson
Author Bio: Jeff Hendrickson is the founder of Hendrickson Software Components (hsc), and the creator of Sp-at-mX. He has extensive experience developing software for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux environments.
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When I set the requirements to do the port of my popular Windows spam tracing and reporting software, Sp-at-mX, I wanted to offer it for Windows, Macintosh (including OS X, OS 9, and OS 8) and Linux desktop environments. Sp-at-mX gives users the ability to easily and accurately trace and report spam. The theory behind tracing and reporting spam has multiple benefits. First, many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will cut off a user for violation of their Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for sending spam. This is one way Sp-at-mX reduces spam. Next, when spammers see that you are using an automated spam tracing and reporting tool to report their spamming activity, many of them will "list wash" your email address from their database. This is another way that Sp-at-mX reduces spam. When Sp-at-mX users report spam, the IP address in the SMTP header that gets the highest score for "spammyness" is added to the hsc honeypot database, which Sp-at-mX also uses as a source of information for subsequent users evaluating their spam email. The IP addresses in the honeypot are tracked by hsc, and unresponsive ISPs will also have abuse complaints sent to their parent provider.
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