Re: Is mailback validation still safe?

[Tim Pierce <twp @ rootsweb . com>]

On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 07:13:37PM -0500, murr rhame wrote:
> In my humble opinion, the primary purpose of mailback validation
> to prevent someone from being subscribed to a mailing list
> against their will (email bombing).

That's my take on it as well.  To the extent that it also discourages
spammers from trying to harvest mail coming off of lists, that's
nice but is hardly the goal.

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Regards,
Tim Pierce
RootsWeb.com lead system admonsterator
and Chief Hacking Officer