> when they send me mail because one of their users > clicks "add buddy" that's borderline. when they > send me followup mail because i didn't answer, > then that is spam, 100%, and inarguably so.
As someone who is in a position to architect a similar feature for a web site in the near future, how would you suggest this type of action be implemented? The system needs a way for people to invite their friends/colleagues to participate in the system and e-mail offers the least friction. An invitation would only be sent when the user specifically enters an e-mail address to send an invite to (addresses are not scraped from anywhere). Invitations are restricted so a user can only send one to the same address every 12 hours with a maximum of five sends to a given address within 30 days. A "do not send me invites" option is included in the message so a person can choose not to receive them (technically an opt-out, but if they had opted in, they would already be a member therefore rendering the invitation unnecessary to begin with; invitations are opt-out by their very nature, imho). I'm curious as to what sort of features or limitations of an invitation system would meet your approval. -Justin Scott _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
