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Re: Principles of Spam-abatement

2004-03-02 12:51:44
John Leslie writes:
Paul Vixie <vixie(_at_)vix(_dot_)com> wrote:

the principle i've always followed is that
"all communications must be by mutual consent"
...

   Excellent principle, Paul. I'd like to put it at the head of the
list.

Ok, I'm dense. How do I meaningfully consent to
somebody for which I have no a priori information
about their consentworthiness? I mean, I can
blackhole them after the fact, but until I have
some information to inform my consent, I'm not
sure what this principle buys you. 

          Mike