It's an interesting offering. The concept behind the product seems pretty sound. If the recipient does not know you, then you have to essentially jump through a very small hoop that confirms you are a real live human being instead of one of those bulk e-mail programs. This has always proven to be an effective antispam technique in mailing lists and discussion lists.

They're going to face some significant issues in terms of the capacity of their Web site, but they seem to be addressing those scalability issues.

I wouldn't be surprised if they just installed the software and weren't planning any dastardly activities and didn't know the implications of running this software.

All the spammer needs is one or two hit rates per spam run and he'll be happy. Sadly, there are at least one or two idiots per million people.

[Executives of public companies don't like to talk about spam, he says, because they don't want the world to know just how much it costs them.] When part of your IT budget depends on whether Billy Bob in accounting signed up for a pyramid scheme, that's not something they like to talk about, ... With spam, it's an ongoing guerrilla war.

There are a ridiculously high number of people who never budge off the default.

The hidden check boxes during installation are a common practice for companies trying to further extend their reach onto your computer desktop. Companies have a responsibility to very clearly indicate what is being installed during that process and give a clear opportunity to reject software.

This is the first instance where you actually must go and do a custom install to control them from installing other software, ... Most folks go to the default install and are not expecting to get a whole suite of unasked-for software. That's where the sneaky factor comes in.