Yakov Shafranovich wrote:
The basic thrust is that filters would follow every URL in the spammer's
emails thus creating a DDOS attack and shutting down the spammer's
servers. SlashDot readers have raised several objections:
1. Possibility of URLs actually verifing the email address.
Note as well, many sites track "opens", so they're already more-or-less
expecting a load of that magnitude.
[I'm about to lean heavily on a mailing list outfit that treats webbug
tracked "opens" as opt-ins.]
2. Possibilities of a wrong site being targeted on purpose or by mistake.
Automated DDOS.
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