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It's called a feedback loop. http://www.dirigodev.com/content/email-feedback-loops/ http://www.dirigodev.com/content/email-feedback-loops/ https://en.wikipedi
by dbarlett 13y ago
It's called a feedback loop.
http://www.dirigodev.com/content/email-feedback-loops/ http://www.dirigodev.com/content/email-feedback-loops/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_Reporting_Format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_Reporting_Format
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6650 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6650
- gertef 13y agoWTF? There is an IETF standard for certifying that an spam victim's email address is valid and therefore should be exploited by sending more spam?
- eli 13y agoHuh? How did you conclude that? Tracking image loads and clicks would be a much more effective method of determining that an address is valid for both legitimate mass emails and spam.
- PavlovsCat 13y agoDoes Googlemail web client load images from random senders without asking the user first?
- eli 13y agoOnly if you've previously exchanged messages with them. How many people do you think load images versus click Report Spam on an ISP with a feedback loop? And which group do you think would be a better target for future messages?
- zrail 13y agoI don't have actual numbers, but a cursory examination of my Gmail spam box says spam senders don't generally provide a valid List-Unsubscribe header. One of Gmail's spam triggers may in fact be, someone clicked on the List-Unsubscribe header and the FBL message bounced.