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Subject: Re: patent on TMDA-like system
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On Tuesday 27 August 2002 07:45 am, Justin Mason wrote:
> Tony Svanstrom, on SpamAssassin-talk, noted this US patent:
>
> http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netah
>tml/PTO/search-adv.html&r=62&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&s1=spam&p=2&OS=haiku&RS=spam
>
>   Method of anti-spam
>
>   Abstract
>
>   A method of anti-spam is to set an optional trustcode, or a trustlist, or
>   at least a trustweb based on online mail delivery at a recipient's e-mail
>   address. A mail sender is compelled at the first time to deliver a mail
> by way of: taking the way of "Visiting trustweb and sending online", or
> enclosing the recipient's trustcode in the mail and sending in another way
> other than the mentioned. After the sender's e-mail address has been stored
> automatically in the recipient's trustlist, the sender may send mails to
> the same recipient in whatever the ways feasible.
>
>
> Sounds a lot like TMDA to me. :(  Filing date is July 26, 2001,  granted
> May 16, 2002.
>
> TMDAers, have you seen this before?  I'd presume TMDA is prior art, but
> still, it could be troublesome...
>
>
I took a bit of time to review what is on the above URL.  If I were a news 
editor, the headline would be:

"Inventor" from country that ignores patents and copyrights, seeks patent for 
inventing the wheel!
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