Is this something that we list owners/providers can set up in an
open fashion and run legitimately, perhaps not-for-profit?
Obviously, there would be a number of issues to tackle like who
would maintain it and how to ensure that unscrupulous people don't
get a hold of the address list (or pollute it with valid addresses).
Omar
On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 04:02:05PM -0400, murr rhame wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, David Shaw wrote:
>
> > They are extremely useful, though not in the way intended by
> > their owners, since as you say, any email that mentions them
> > can safely be chucked..
>
> I have yet to hear of any removal site that passes the simple
> test of setting up a new email account and submitting it to an
> op-out list. That account will start receiving spam within
> hours. For most spammers, there is no incentive to honor an an
> op-out list. They could care less if they piss off a thousand
> people as long as one person in a thousand buys the product.
>
>
> - murr -
>
Follow-Ups:
References:
|
|
