[JDEV] Fighting Jabber Spam

[Adam Theo]

Hello, Adam Theo here;

i just saw an episode of TechTV's CyberCrime, about cell phone text
messaging spam, and want to see what i can do to make sure the same
doesn't happen to jabber. i despise spam, hate it, want it to manifest
into something physical so i can mangle it, rip it, crush it... to... to...

*deep breaths* ok, calmed. i get very wound up with spam. if i could do
just one thing for the world, it would be to make sure spam does not
expand onto the jabber system... i'd die a very happy man, then.

so, what ideas are there already about fighting/preventing spam on
jabber? technical ones? legal ones? other ones? anything.

i've already stretched myself too thin. i am running a website by
myself, that has about 10 projects going on at it (mostly
programming-related, so that takes up alot of time), so i don't know how
i could help this spam fight, BUT...

i'd certainly try :)

also, if anyone knows Perl, and has some spare time on their hands,
especially if they might get a little bit of money for it, i'd be much
obliged for any help you could give me on any of my projects. some of
them are at www.theoretic.com (the rest are 'private' or 'beta' mode.).
contact me if you are interested even mildly. i am flexible.
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Hello, Adam Theo here;

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   /\   Theoretic Solutions (www.Theoretic.com):
  //\\    'Activism, Software, and Internet Services'
//--\\ Personal Homepage (www.Theoretic.com/adamtheo/):
   ][     'Personal history, analysis, and favorites'
   ][   Birthright Online (www.Birthright.net):
          'Keeping the best role-playing game alive'
Email & Jabber:                   Other:
-Professional: theo at theoretic.com  -AIM: AdamTheo2000
-General: adamtheo at theoretic.com   -ICQ: 3617307
-Personal: adam at theoretic.com      -Phone: (850)8936047