Again you are assuming that everybody will be using the same system.
How can the mailing list software know that they are a single entity?
After all <peter(_dot_)holzer(_at_)wsr(_dot_)(_dot_)(_dot_)> and
<peter(_dot_)janecek(_at_)wsr(_dot_)(_dot_)(_dot_)> aren't two
mail addresses of the same person, either. One is mine, the other
belongs to a colleague two doors down the hall.
When my system is activated all existing addresses are grandfathered in.
Now peter(_dot_)holzer(_at_)wsr as an individual activates my system and he can
use
any sub-address he wants except the system will not allow him to use
"janecek." Now no one else can establish an account with a
peter(_dot_)????(_at_)wsr
address.
The holder of the account peter(_dot_)janecek(_at_)wsr was slow in
activating the system so he can keep his current peter(_dot_)janecek(_at_)wsr
address
but he cannot activate my system and use "peter" as the invariant part of
his email address. If he wants to use my system then he can select the address
peterj(_dot_)lucky(_at_)wsr(_dot_) Now if someone sends email to the
deactivated
peter(_dot_)janecek(_at_)wsr account they will get a CAPTCHA bounce encoding an
address such
as peterj(_dot_)59jrhn(_at_)wsr(_dot_) If the sender was on the white list
then their email would
be directed to the peterj(_dot_)lucky(_at_)wsr account.
Now back to original question: How will a mailing list handle this?
Well, obviously both peter(_dot_)holzer(_at_)wsr and
peter(_dot_)janecek(_at_)wsr must
register for the same mailing list. Both will receive the list
mail in an unimpeded manner. Both can post to the list, and just like
the current system the human members of the list will be likely know
that these are two different people.
The only problems I see is that peter(_dot_)holzer(_at_)wsr can register, and
then
peter(_dot_)janecek(_at_)wsr can post to the list without registering. We are
just
talking about a mailing list here, what's the big deal if this happens.
Peter(_dot_)holzer(_at_)wsr can complain to list operator and get
peter(_dot_)janecek(_at_)wsr
deactivated if this is such a big deal.
Michael Kaplan
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