Habeas Warrant Mark
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− | Habeas '''Sender Warranted Email''' was an attempt to fight email spam | + | Habeas '''Sender Warranted Email''' was an unconventional attempt to fight email spam. It is apparently defunct. |
− | It used a so-called '''Habeas Warrant Mark''', which was a set of email headers containing a copyrighted haiku, and various trademarks. Non-spam emails were authorized to include the Warrant Mark in their headers, but any spammers who distributed the Warrant Mark | + | It used a so-called '''Habeas Warrant Mark''', which was a set of email headers containing a copyrighted haiku, and various trademarks. Non-spam emails were authorized to include the Warrant Mark in their headers, but any spammers who distributed the Warrant Mark would be added to a blacklist. Spam filtering software could utilize the blacklist, and/or judge an email containing the Warrant Mark as unlikely to be spam. Legal challenges to the blacklist would be risky, because Habeas could countersue the spammer for intellectual property infringement. |
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X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant | X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant | ||
X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this | X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this | ||
− | X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to | + | X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to <http://www.habeas.com/report/>. |
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040402003409/http://www.habeas.com/servicesHowSWEWorks.html How Sender Warranted Email works] (from archive.org) | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040402003409/http://www.habeas.com/servicesHowSWEWorks.html How Sender Warranted Email works] (from archive.org) |
Latest revision as of 23:39, 7 April 2014
Habeas Sender Warranted Email was an unconventional attempt to fight email spam. It is apparently defunct.
It used a so-called Habeas Warrant Mark, which was a set of email headers containing a copyrighted haiku, and various trademarks. Non-spam emails were authorized to include the Warrant Mark in their headers, but any spammers who distributed the Warrant Mark would be added to a blacklist. Spam filtering software could utilize the blacklist, and/or judge an email containing the Warrant Mark as unlikely to be spam. Legal challenges to the blacklist would be risky, because Habeas could countersue the spammer for intellectual property infringement.
[edit] Format
The first few lines of the Warrant Mark contain the haiku. The remaining lines are reproduced below.
... X-Habeas-SWE-5: Sender Warranted Email (SWE) (tm). The sender of this X-Habeas-SWE-6: email in exchange for a license for this Habeas X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to <http://www.habeas.com/report/>.
[edit] Links
- How Sender Warranted Email works (from archive.org)