On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 10:55:59AM +0100, Peter Bowyer wrote:
> Chris Edwards <chris@???> wrote:
> > However, I simply can't see what benefit this brings. The spammer has
> > already sent the spam.
> I guess the only real benefit is the tarpit effect - while the spammer (or
> the zombie, or whatever) is waiting for your delay (for however long he/it
Yeah, but it's only worth doing that if there's a benefit at the end (such as
sending the email).
> does wait), that thread/process/zombie/whatever isn't moving on to the next
> victim. How much real beneficial effect that has is debatable - while they
That isn't the beneficial effect, though. It's a side-effect.
> probably do wait during the transaction, I doubt they bother after they've
> sent the final dot..
Indeed.
MBM
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