[NCLUG] mmmmmmm...spam control

[Gabriel L Somlo]

I think I wouldn't mind if it was set up to be convenient, like e.g., most 
mailing list subscriptions:

	1. I send an email to foo at bar.com
	2. foo at bar.com replies with a request to confirm, in which they 
	   politely explain that they have a spam problem, they're sorry 
	   for the inconvenience, and would I just simply hit 'reply' to
	   this email to have my email address permanently whitelisted;
	   use some ID in the Subject line to make this smooth;
	3. I hit 'Reply' and 'Send'
	4. A real person (foo at bar.com) gets to read my original email, and 
	   any subsequent email coming from my email address.

I don't know how this would look from a *client's* point of view, although 
people who receive tons of spam should be sympathetic to your problem and 
even think 'Hey, that's not a bad idea !' :)

Just my $0.02

Gabriel

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     Gabriel L.  Somlo                   Assistant System Administrator
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On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Evelyn Mitchell wrote:

> * On 2002-02-19 18:46 bmc <brettcrandall at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > One tool for Linux, known as Tagged Message Delivery Agent (TMDA), takes
> > the opposite tactic and uses a "whitelist" approach. Instead of allowing
> 
> I've resisted moving to a whitelist approach because I get a lot of
> new contact emails for business. I haven't noticed any other businesses
> I contact using this approach, and I suspect that it would be offputting
> to new clients.
> 
> What do you all think? Would you consider it rude or inconvenient to
> have to reply to a whitelist message? Several major linux names use
> them now, and I don't mind if its going to a "I get way too much mail
> because I'm well known" person. 
> 
>