Re: [cobalt-users] Email filters that check to see if address is real

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Rod Poplarchick" <rod@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<big snip>
> We couldn't find anything that gave us what we needed, so we are
> writting it ourselves.  It is called flod (first line of
> defense), and we intend to GPL it when complete.
</big snip>

The idea is hardly revolutionary.  Similar solutions have been discussed on
many of the list manager and spam related mailing lists.  I have come across
several people who are using such a system.  Used in combination with a
whitelist I'm actually fond of the strategy, but my gut tells me that most
of the end users would not feel the same way.  Certainly most of the
feedback I've read or gotten from peers, clients and friends is that a
solution like this would be more trouble than its worth.  If you implement
it, let us know what you and your users think after it's been in place a few
weeks.

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Steve Werby
President, Befriend Internet Services LLC
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