On 8:33:02 pm 11/23/05 Giuliano Gavazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip-
> But now my point is another, since I mailed Mr Hanssen I received two > challenges from his system to confirm that my message was not spam. > This is a very uncivilised way of protecting oneself from spam, as it > creates scatter spam to innocent third parties whose address might > have been forged in the original spam. This is bad if it is sent out > once, and it is worse if it is sent twice, as in Mr Hanssen case. > (A third challenge will go straight to spamcop). There are much worse consequences than receiving a confimation email, like having your address blocked completely. I think it's quite a good method, especially for someone in his position. It seems quite reasonable for the author of open source software, who is going to have his address many places on the internet, and receive many emails from many people who will most likely solve their initial problem before he even replies, to at least confirm the importance of their email to the projects address. > > I will never reply to a challenge, so this is my only method to let > Mr Hanssen know. Why not? It would have taken much less time than subscribing to the list. And you don't seem to be concerned with how many people you are broadcasting this email to... hundreds... perhaps thousands. And you are worried about the two you got? =) I don't really care either way, not trying to pry my nose into your business, it's just that the author is genuinely helpful, and has quickly responded to emails I have sent, and I have appreciated it greatly. I think his system allows him to do this, so I think he deserves a little defense on the issue. > Thank you and sorry if this might sound a bit harsh. > > Giuliano
