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Re: [Asrg] FW: Your email requires verification -- oh, no it doesn't

2004-11-28 22:05:51
On 29 Nov 2004 02:54:14 -0000, John Levine wrote:
  Sending challenges in
  response to incoming mail is poor practice under any circumstances,
  and is completely broken in response to mail from lists someone has
  subscribed to.

I'm feeling pedantic:

The recipient of mailing list mail has, as you note, subscribed to the list.  
Therefore they have already satisfied the conconer that challenge/response 
schemes purport to address:  Is the sender of this message accountable?  The 
answer is yes, because the sender is the operator of the mailing list.

If one does not approve of the policies that operator has then discuss it with 
the operator.  It makes no sense to impose one's dissatisfaction upon the other 
participants of the list, such as those posting to it.


d/
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Dave Crocker
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