On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 05:03:52PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:57:48PM +0200, David Jardine wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:19:19AM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 09:16:39AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > Since last night my in-box is being filled up by dozens of bounced > > > > > messages. Evidently someone or something is spoofing my address and > > > > > sending out bogus messages. > > > > > This is why I wish I could get my non-techie friends and family to use > > > GPG. Alas, it is hopeless. > > > > I had this problem a week or two ago (I think I reported it in > > panic on this list). It went away as suddenly as it appeared, but > > I'd be interested to know how GPG solves the problem - and what the > > best source of documentation is for GPG. > > > > If everyone you know signs their mail with their own GPG key or encrypts > it to you with yours, then do the following:
Well, none of them do, but continue... > > 1. Have your spam filter score signed and/or encrypted messages much > higher than those that are not. I don't have a spam filter, but I could set one up... > 2. Filter signed and/or encrypted messages to some specific folder. Since many people on this list, for example, send gpg-signed messages, wouldn't this break the threading? > 3. Tell people that you *always* GPG sign your messages or encrypt to > them and that if they receive a message "from" your email address that > is neither signed nor encrypted, they can safely discard it without even > looking. Okay, but I don't think that any spam sent under my name has by coincidence been sent to anyone I know. The problems we're having are, as I see it, (a) our names are getting tarnished (b) we're getting a few bounce messages. I don't think (b) is a great problem, but (a) was a worry for me and I don't see how gpg solves it. > > It is by no means perfect, but it makes sense. Yes, and sincere thanks for the trouble you took, but I don't think it solves this particular problem. Cheers, David -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
