FN-FORUM: Boxtrapper

date posted 21st November 2007 08:16

Hi,

I have become totally pi$$ed off by the amount of spam I have been receiving
lately.

I do have a spam filter on my mail client, but I want to implement something
server side.

I was wondering if anyone had used Boxtrapper before, or something similar.

Boxtrapper works by whitelisting verified email addresses and only
delivering mail from whitelisted sources.

If you were to send me an email and you were not whitelisted then that
message would be placed in a queue and you would receive an email asking you
to verify that you are a real human being and not an automated mailer. All
you need to do to verify your email address is to reply to the verification
message.

Once verified, your address is added to the whitelist and any queued
messages are delivered. Verification is required only once.

I know that people are inherently lazy or too busy to be bothered verifying
their email address and just wondered whether they would be put off by
having to do this.

I just wanted to know if anyone had implemented a system like this and
whether they had found a reduction in legitimate mail they were receiving as
a consequence.

Regards

Rob Owen