Ian Eiloart <iane(_at_)sussex(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk> wrote:
--On 13 November 2008 18:42:03 -0800 Steve Atkins
<steve(_at_)blighty(_dot_)com> wrote:
The suggestion is that the sender of the email can suppress sending
a report via feedback loop by including an unsubscription link in the
headers of the mail.
Huh? How is that a problem. If the email is from a feedback loop provider,
then it doesn't matter whether the "report" is a feedback loop report, or
through use of the unsubscription link. Spammers will ignore either, but
genuine list owners will - presumably - find it easier to process requests
using the link that they've provided.
A spammer sending through a legitimate provider (who was fooled into
thinking the spammer was legitimate) will not be reported to its
provider. That's a Bad Thing.
Then the feedback loop provider needs to use both mechanisms, and perhaps
be able to indicate whether the unsubscribe mechanism was attempted.
Right; and there's no need to indicate anything about the unsubscribe
(which shouldn't be attempted, since it might validate the address for
a spammer's benefit).
Seth
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