The Okopipi Project

Stock pump-and-dump scams seem to be the main driver behind these image-only emails, and Okopipi isn't primarily designed to affect these anyway. We can forward them on to the appropriate authorities, who might or might not be able to follow the money to track down the culprits.

As for commercial sites and phishing sites that are advertised, then disappear after a few hours... well, as soon as they disappear, they stop earning (so the spam they sent is wasted because real clients can't get through). It's false to think these sites will be disappearing faster and faster -- then they'd sell nothing at all.

Okopipi should be hitting advertised sites fairly quickly once Okopipi users open their mail (we do need to be aware of latency there), just as the "legit" clients are coming in. We don't need to be instantaneous; we just need to be about as fast as the first spam-clickers coming in to browse around and place orders (or sign away their PayPal password, etc. etc.).