Nathan Meyers wrote:
> John Summerfield wrote:
> > > Perhaps this would be a good time to add a challenge-response mechanism
> > > to the subscription process -- an initial piece of mail requiring the
> > > subscriber to confirm the subscription.
> >
> > I hate that idea. better to set the list up properly so that mailing errors
> > go to the list manager, not to the list or its subscribers.
>
> Help me understand what's so offensive: I join a list, I get one piece
> of mail a few minutes later that I have to reply to, and that's it. It's
> certainly worked smoothly for me on other lists.
>
> How does a properly set up list fix this problem? AI logic to scan for
> key phrases in the complaint letters (such complaints do not always
> include the word "unsubscribe")? How does it intercept the reply sent
> personally to me (not the list) saying "please stop sending me mail"?
> Would it send this note to the list manager because I used the word
> "unsubscribe"?
>
> Nathan
I think there was a misunderstanding about the problem.
The problem isn't bad email addresses in the list, it's about some moron
who likes to subscribe people who irritate him/her to a bunch of high
traffic mailing lists like this one.
The people who are subscribed usually have no idea what a mailing
list is and just see it as unsolicited email/spam.
This is becoming more and more common in my experience and
the challenge/response system would get rid of it in a painless way.
The footer in the email messages seems to have made a major
dent in this problem, I think the challenge/response would kill it
entirely.
../Martin
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