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Re: [Asrg] 1. inventory of problems draft 2

2003-04-11 09:49:43
At 8:39 AM -0500 4/11/03, Brad Spencer wrote:
Simple opt-in isn't the problem. It's fake opt-in that's the problem, and simple opt-in can be easily faked. If the operator of the list is honest then that operator doesn't want to send to unwilling recipients and will use

Not 100% the case. There is a significant problem from people entering false email addresses to avoid spam. I think this is why so many web sites are "syntax checking" (incorrectly of course) email addresses, and requiring people to type them twice. They seem to think these bouncing (or misdirected) email addresses are accidents. They aren't. They are deliberate.

Admittedly I see this problem more than most because of my domain name, but I know that people are using "fake" addresses regularly.

What about this kind of deception: for www.gabesgab.org there's no DNS for gabesgab.org but there is (or was yesterday) an entry for www.gabesgab.org?
What's wrong with that? (Or do you mean something other than, "there was no A record")?
--
Kee Hinckley
http://www.messagefire.com/          Junk-Free Email Filtering
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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.
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