Re: Principles of Spam-abatement

> > > 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?
you can't.  that's why you're getting spammed.

> 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. 
right.