Re: General Resolution draft against spam.
>>"Santiago" == Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> writes:
Santiago> On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> The answer is not to treat legitimate users like dirt, and
>> force them to use the subscribe address (my subscribe address is
>> never the address I post from).
Santiago> No, you could subscribe the address you post from to the
Santiago> "white list".
These are not constant, nor known to me a priori. I travel a lot.
Santiago> Unless you change ISP several times a week, this would not be a
Santiago> problem for you, Manoj.
I change ISP's several times a month, and, indeed, sometimes
use more than 2 a week.
Santiago> More to the point: When Bruce was the Project Leader, there
Santiago> was a procedure to validate every email address using
Santiago> cookies. You had only to answer the cookie once for every
Santiago> different From: you want to use. This procedure worked
Santiago> very well, it didn't require any moderators, it was 100%
Santiago> effective against spam, and it was never a big problem for
Santiago> legitimate users.
This pushes the burden on to innocent people; and that is what
I object to. I often am not rachable at the addresses I post from;
and hence can't answer cookies.
manoj
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