On 10 Jan 2005 at 23:43, Owain Sutton wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > > Also, keep in mind that this only happens once with each > > correspondent -- once you've been whitelisted, it's just like > > normal, old-fashioned email correspondence. > > You mean, just like if they hadn't bothered to challenge me in the > first place?
No, if I didn't challenge you, it would mean you hadn't attempted to email me. > > But it's happening because the user hasn't configured the service > > correctly, not because of something inherently wrong with > > challenge/response systems. > > There is an inherent problem with these systems quite separate from > the congiuration - they're REALLY BLOODY ANNOYING!! . . . Only when MIS-USED (note the subject of this thread). > . . . And if they're > set up to automatically challenge everything, then that's a second > inherent flaw, that they don't take into account the realities of > email traffic. If they don't automatically challenge everything, they wouldn't be much use. Anyone who doesn't pre-whitelist all their known correspondents is a complete moron, and deserves to have their challenges ignored. > > And I have news for those of you who ignore them: you'll eventually > > be on an island all by yourself, with no email correspondents except > > spammers. > > I'll eat my hat. (And I'd have to buy a hat specially.) There is no other way to save email without completely re-engineering the protocols involved. I understand the hostility to the idiot subscriber who has misconfigured his challenge-response system. I do *not* understand the hostility to the system itself -- it looks like your garden-variety Luddite response to me. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
