<div dir="auto"><a href="https://trog.qgl.org/20081217/the-why-your-anti-spam-idea-wont-work-checklist/">https://trog.qgl.org/20081217/the-why-your-anti-spam-idea-wont-work-checklist/</a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 4 May 2026, 11:18 Karl Auer, <<a href="mailto:kauer@biplane.com.au">kauer@biplane.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Some time ago I read an article that was basically all about why your<br>
suggested whizz-bang new method for combatting spam will not work. It<br>
listed dozens of reasons - it depends on the spammers doing something,<br>
it depends on everybody installing new software, it depends on charging<br>
money for something, it depends on all email going through a central<br>
server, it depends on [name of large organisation] doing something, it<br>
depends on global regulation, etc etc.<br>
<br>
It was serious, though humorously written. It was basically intended as<br>
a sign people could tap when yet another brilliant idea pops up for<br>
solving the spam problem.<br>
<br>
I cannot seem to find it again; does anyone here know what I am talking<br>
about and perhaps have a copy or a pointer to it?<br>
<br>
Many thanks, K.<br>
<br>
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Karl Auer (<a href="mailto:kauer@biplane.com.au" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kauer@biplane.com.au</a>, he/him)<br>
<a href="http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer</a><br>
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