(keitai-l) Re: Docomo to introduce new anti spam

From: James John McGuire <jamesmc9999_at_dada-dada-da.com>
Date: 11/07/03
Message-ID: <016501c3a4f7$5ab2cad0$4200a8c0@jamesu>
Could it just be a subtle form of PR?  'Hey, look we are the good guys! Come
to us...'

Maybe something lost in translation too.

James

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Curt Sampson" <cjs@cynic.net>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 7:59 PM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Docomo to introduce new anti spam


> On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>
> > Are there really spammers sending mail from phones rather than from
> > outside DoCoMo's network?!
>
> Technically, it ought not be too hard. Just figure out the protocol that
> the external keyboards use, and simulate it with a computer plugged into
> the phone. It can type in and send thousands of e-mail messages per day,
> I would think.
>
> But given what the packet charges would amount to, I can't see it being
> very practical, unless you have a very targeted list. But if you did,
> people wouldn't be complaining so much about it being spam. So this sounds
> a bit odd....
>
> cjs
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Received on Fri Nov 7 08:22:23 2003