"John Smart" <JSmart_at_InternetDesign.com> wrote:
> This leads to the problem, and then a solution (all be it a weak one).
>
> I could never give out my e-Mail address. But then what is the point of
> having one?? I get sales requests via e-Mail, and I would not want to lose
> those. I am in touch with family and friends overseas (and locally!) via
> e-Mail - should I start hiding my address incase they send a cc'd joke? I
> think not. So I need my address, and I need to give it out. how?
John, one option is making use of whitelists (list of email addresses of
people you trust). Using a simple solution like TMDA, you create a
whitelist, optional blacklist and a mechanism that holds emails from those
on neither list in a queue until they respond to a confirmation request sent
by TMDA. It can also generate temporary email addresses, addresses that can
only accept email from a specific sender and a few other interesting things.
It can be a nice solution depending on your needs. See http://tmda.net/ and
http://tmda.net/config-client.html. There are of course other similar
software solutions. I mention TMDA b/c it's open source and I have
experience with it. It wouldn't even be that difficult to roll your own.
--
Steve Werby
President, Befriend Internet Services LLC
http://www.befriend.com/
Received on Tue Aug 06 2002 - 09:40:24 CDT
