Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 21:53:48 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "David Banning" <davidernest@gmail.com>, "Robert Slade" <bsd@bathnetworks.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Spamcop listed - need help to diagnose why Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEECFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <6db0aaaa0601090721w5951cf1fs113d9125877a588d@mail.gmail.com>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of David Banning >Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:21 AM >To: Robert Slade >Cc: questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Spamcop listed - need help to diagnose why > > >Thanks for the response, Robert. I know tmda and such services anger >some people. I also find other people who ask me how they can get >such a service, only because spam is so difficult to block. I guess it >depends on how important email is to you. >I would never ask a question >on this board and expect people to confirm, > David, that is the fundamental problem with this kind of service. The vast, vast majority of users that do e-mail confirmations do NOT use them appropriately. If everyone that used it was like you and put some brains into turning it off when posting to a public list or some such, it wouldn't be a problem. But the fact that spam exists at all - because for spam to work you need a critical mass of stupid people willing to pay spammers for their hair tonics or whatever they are selling - should prove conclusively that there's too many stupid people out there on the e-mail network for a system like mail confirmations to be of any wide value. Ted
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