I simply bounce the message using softwares like mailwasher.
The spamming software sees there is no such account and drop my address from
its database. I have a personal account for 2 years and almost no repeated
spam.
Regards,
tzahi.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yedidyah Bar-David
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 10:54 AM
> To: Shachar Shemesh
> Cc: 013-Danny Lieberman; Linux-IL
> Subject: Re: Looking for a Good Web-Forum Implementation
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 09:53:48AM +0200, Shachar Shemesh
> wrote: [snip]
> > Let me get this straight.
> >
> > You are adding, of your own accord, people to your list. You leave
> > them
> > an opt out option. In my book, that's called spam, but I'll
> let the good
> > people of the list decide for their own. It is sad, in my
> eyes, that
> > supposedly "open source" companies don't get what it's truly about.
>
> I agree.
> I would also like to mention that opt-out is considered by
> many, besides being a nuisance, a well-known way for spammers
> to sort out real, live addresses from the huge heap of junk
> they get from the address-collectors. So I, personally, never
> opt-out. I simply live with it.
>
> I suggest to folks like software.co.il to advertize
> themselves *very* politely (e.g. 1-2 times a year) on
> linux-il, and if they think there are people here that will
> want to subscribe to some mailing list of theirs, to write
> that *once* in a letter to linux-il, not to anyone personally.
>
> I do not think that software.co.il did a terrible thing,
> though. The main reason I decided to reply is in order to
> prevent worse things from less considerate companies in the future.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Didi
>
>
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