On 2003.01.27, Jerry Asher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was very surprised to find a new message, A CONFIRMATION MESSAGE, in > that alternative email address's mailbox. I've attached it below. > > Jeez! Just what is this confirming?
Think: Someone creates a Netscape mail account. They sign themselves up for a whole slew of mailing lists, acknowledging the subscription confirmations. Then, they point the alternative email address at someone they dislike. Now, this poor sod is stuck receiving a whole boatload of email they didn't sign up for, from lists they probably don't know how to unsubscribe from ... Confirming that alternative email address should, presumably, stop this potential abuse. The target sod just refuses to acknowledge the confirmation, and that should stop the process right there ... -- Dossy -- Dossy Shiobara mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70)
