On 12/15/09 5:48 PM, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
I think allowing end users access to such a button is a terrible idea.
This is the same population that routinely replies to spam, falls for
phishes, and fails to correctly execute rudimentary tasks like unsubscribing
from a mailing list or trimming quoted material from replies. It would
be simpler and about as accurate to simply check a random number generator's
output for a "spam?/not-spam?" opinion.
If users are given any button, it should not say this is spam. Instead
it should say this is junk or unwanted. When senders receive feedback
from this category of sources, they might consider auto unsubscribing
the messages that are from a mailing-list. This assumes the source of
the feedback is controlled by the postmaster, and that the account
information is accurate. The conduit does not need to know how the
account specific information is confirmed.
The idea is to provide users a method where they do not need to
unsubscribe themselves. This can be dangerous.
-Doug
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