On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, David W. Tamkin wrote:
> It's bad enough without the direct contradiction. When
> something says "this is a one-time mailing, no need to
> uns*b," and it really *is* a one-time mail- ing and you
> really *won't* hear any more about it if you don't respond,
> you still have no way to get off the list where the sender
> found your address so that you don't get any more spam from
> others who buy or rent it; plus, the same sender is going to
> come up with another reason -- a different, or suppo- sedly
> different, product or service -- and want to tell the whole
> world a- gain, including those who showed no interest in the
> previous offering.
Didn't someone test several "remove me" addresses and find that
these were being used to verify live addresses for more spamming?
They MIGHT remove you from their own spam list while selling your
now-confirmed address to dozens of other lists as a "premium
quality, know to be good" address... We've got a live one here.
Let 'em have it. ;-)
- murr -
