> I wonder why the sites that aren't banning > them? Unless somehow their servers, software, etc., don't even let most > spam hit their server.
They may use some other suggested approaches instead... - Simply deleting the offending account - Implementing statistical sinks (dspam, crm114, markov, etc) with bounce notification if the destination is unseen (like with email... mail you send is assumed to make it to @recipient's personal filter or be bounced, not be silently sunk by your provider before it makes the internet hop to @recipient, or by @recipient's provider without filing it in a spam folder for @recipient.) - Community moderation - Delayed registration - Captcha > Once it hits the server, even if filtered out, it's already increased data > load Email, sure the background data load is high in relation to human count. Forum spam is more annoying since the above filters are rare, but absent a crapflood, the data traffic underlying it is relatively negligible. Again, it's probably more interesting to analyze the actions or notice sites take in relation to smaller full yet free email services than the more known ones like gmail/yahoo/hotmail or mailinator or tormail type cases. _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
