[Hidden-tech] An Idea about Email

[Brian Johnson]

ussailis at shaysnet.com wrote:
> Here's an idea.
>
> Since I have become the owner of Shaysnet, I have had a chance to look at a
> lot of spam. What I have observed is many of my users get the same stuff.
> So, couldn't there be a program that says "if X users (let X be some
> reasonable number like 4) get the same mail, it is spam, therefore deal
> with it"
>   

This will break mailing lists (like this one) because they send the
exact same message to many people, and it wont do much against spam.
Most spam will have some parts that are randomized each time to thwart
this type of prevention.