Re: [Asrg] Position paper, in zipped HTML

On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 09:18  PM, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
> I think I should be able to opt out once and get off every list.
I like this idea, but I wonder if it's practical. If you opt out via a 
central list, what lists have to accept it and what lists don't? If you 
use the central opt out, would this list have to remove you?
Assuming the answer to that is "no", then how do we draw the lines 
between "these lists have to follow this request" and "these lists 
don't" such that everyone knows what to expect? How could you implement 
that on something like yahoogroups? If you have two email addresses and 
opt out one, am I supposed to know about the other somehow? Because the 
"typical" user tends to forget what address they subscribed to which 
when, and sees unsubscribe services as "do what I want" magic 
repositories.
And how do people get validate to get access to it securely? Because if 
it's open, you just created a massive, pre-authorized and valid list of 
addresses to suck off and spam. So you have to make it available to 
almost anyone (because almost anyone can be a home business with an 
e-marketing newsletter), but protect it from spammers who'll happily 
agree to whatever you say, suck as many addresses as they can, and skip 
off into the night...
--
Chuq Von Rospach, Architech
chuqui(_at_)plaidworks(_dot_)com -- http://www.plaidworks.com/chuqui/blog/


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