[SpamCop-Social] Re: Spammers' Technology Secrets! Exposed!

[Karen Davis]

> You are thinking only of the cases of user filters and ordinary
> ISP filters.  There is a third class; corporate network filters.
> Corporate filters are typically very much content-based and are
> also typically applied to recipients who don't want them.  This is
> the primary case where the spammer would want to get through the
> filters - because there are willing customers on the other side.

Ahhh that's a good point, didn't think of that since it has been a couple of
years since I had Internet access at work and I don't think my online
employers had any filters in place at that time.

Frankly, since I'm on their time, I don't completely disagree with corporate
filters, particularly if the primary purpose is to limit spam and the time
it wastes and any technical risks. I would have loved it when I worked for
one particular former employer, since I handled the mail to two high-profile
public e-mail addresses and got spam up the wazoo.