I have to be the lefty on this: He's innocent until proven guilty. What if he's building an e-mail server for the armed forces? Or the AFL-CIO? Both could easily mean that one newsletter would mean millions of e-mails. He didn't say he'd send them EVERY night.
Sorry, the defense attorney in me got going for a second... -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Kime [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 8:30 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Bulk email servers... This is to everyone on the list, I don't know what the guidelines are for this list concerning responses to items like this. I think as developers, we have an obligation to decide who to help if it's something that might use technology in a harmful way. If this was a bomb squad mail-list, we wouldn't tell people where the best places are to buy items for homemade creation. Not saying what Kevin, in particular, is planning on doing is wrong, but "a few million emails overnight" doesn't sound like the best intentions to me. I don't think most company's "newsletters" have user bases of over a million - how big is Macromedia's newsletter user count? I could be wrong, but this brings up my point - how do we know the true intentions of the submitter? You might be thinking, "what's the big deal if it's for spraying emails?", well go do a news search on Google concerning the cost of spam for corporations....it's becoming a big concern. I bring this up because I am seeing emails concerning questionable tactics or what may be legit but could be used in a harmful way (i.e. - the thread on accessing a user's a: drive). As a group, do we have a responsibility to ignore technical questions that are borderline suspect? Your thoughts? Thanks, Ryan Kime -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Langevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 8:05 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Bulk email servers... Hi all- Just wanted to see if I could get some testimonials for bulk email servers. I'm looking for something that won't spit out its own skull when trying to send out a few million emails overnight, and hopefully something with decent list scrubbing capabilities. Thoughts, comments, suggestions? We're not looking to outsource the mailserver functions at all. We're looking to set up a dedicated email server to handle this stuff. Mostly newsletter stuff. Thanks... -Kevin ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
