[Mimedefang] Almost OT: AT&T patents anti-antispam technology

[WBrown at e1b.org]

I think the reason is obvious.  They are going to use the courts to go 
after the spammers who use this technique to bypass the filters in much 
the same way that Habeus is suing those that violate their copyright.

Cha CHING!!

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Spam isn't speech, just like a note wrapped around
a brick thrown through a window isn't publication.

William Brown

mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com wrote on 11/19/2003 02:23:35 
PM:
> Hi all,
>    Did you see that?
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Subject: [SPAMBR] AT&T patents anti-antispam technology
> 
> http://news.com.com/2100-1032-5108918.html
> 
> AT&T patents anti-antispam technology
> 
> Last modified: November 18, 2003, 4:53 PM PST
> By Paul Festa
> Staff Writer, CNET News.com
> 
> Citing an "arms race" in the ongoing spam wars, AT&T defended its 
patenting
> of a technology to thwart antispam filters.
> 
> The patent, awarded to AT&T on Nov. 4, describes a "system and method 
for
> counteracting message filtering."
>