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Because, I think, they would have to be part of the Key Directory too, listed under "Spammer".

This kind if implies a secondary directory market of ratings and rankings of the prime source (ie isASpammer, isWithinThreeHopsOnLinkedIn)



They'd just keep creating new keys, and use a botnet to exchange seemingly valid e-mails with itself and a trickle of seemingly legit e-mails (buy access to a few small legit mailing lists to make sure their botnet isn't a total island). It's not clear to me that this won't make it possible for spammers to manufacture/buy sufficient "trust" to put themselves in a better situation than they're in today.


Darn - I think you are right... Ah well, defeating spam is only a nice to have from this




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