Yo mtr!
I believe that this mail list is opt-in and the bulk mail in question
was opt-out. If you can not see the difference then we have big problems.
I spend a lot of time as postmaster for a lot of domains digging out from
under spam. It is NOT a mole hill to me or a lot of other folks on this
list. Opt-out just does not scale in an internet world.
hi. we're not talking about a "mail list" so the issue of "opt-in/out" is
meaningless.
all we have is this: a guy authors an rfc and gets an e-mail by someone
maintaining a public database of rfc authors.
there is only one thing that calling this "spam" achieves -- it reduces the
impact of the term "spam". when a word means all things, it means nothing.
let's keep the powder dry for "real" spam, shall we?
/mtr