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RE: [Asrg] RE: TitanKey and "white lies"... (Faking SMTP hard errors "improves" C/R utility?)

2003-05-29 14:14:33
Nope.

When users subscribe to lists, they user their VPM and everything works
fine, perfectly, and normally.

The "protected" email address is for use when you need to publish your
email address "in the wild".

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Rognlie [mailto:rrognlie(_at_)gamerz(_dot_)net] 
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:53 AM
To: Peter Kay
Cc: bob(_at_)wyman(_dot_)us; asrg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: [Asrg] RE: TitanKey and "white lies"... (Faking 
SMTP hard errors "improves" C/R utility?)


On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 09:42:14AM -1000, Peter Kay wrote:
You raise a really good point: do we break SMTP compliance by lying?

We think that the fact that SMTP tells the truth is the 
heart of all 
the spam problems in the first place.

by "lying" you've now broken any existing application that relies on 
bounces for automated clean up.

Suddenly, anyone using your solution for mail sent from an 
email list will be removed from that list the first time they 
get mailed and you respond with the 550.  now they have to 
resubscribe again.  

lather.  rinse.  repeat.

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