> From: Vince Sabio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > But no more. I'm becoming more and more convinced that this is An > Idea Whose Time Has Come(tm).
I thought so too, but was hesitant to say so in SPAM-L :) Just call me meek. Btw - nice name Vince - "CURES". > My comments on SPAM-L: > > The lists could easily be downloadable via e-mail (what else?) using > an AR, and then just dropped into the list server's "banned" database. I was envisioning some slightly less drastic, and more palatable to privacy watchdogs than an outright "blacklist". I definitely agree that access to the list should be restricted. And perhaps that restriction should be limited to people who belong to (tada!) - "The Association of List Owners". Just another idea floating in the back of my head. But I digress; I think such a database should different types of listings & corresponding actions. Examples: Type ==> Action 1. Cluelessness => flag posts for attention my owner/moderator/editor 2. Technical issues => flag posts for attention my owner/moderator/editor, may have trouble with unsubscribes 3. Abusive behaviour => whatever the list owner likes #3 is where this begins to break down. Saying someone is "abusive" is a judgement call that may bring civil liabilities to bear on either the person who > > I can implement the entire system with some simple perl scripts. Only > problem is, I'm about to start a geographic (i.e., 3-D) relocation, > and won't have time to get to this until probably January. If someone > else antes up in the meantime, I'd be happy to provide server space > for the rig. > > (The more I think about this, the more I think it will have to be FTP > both ways, in order to control who may access the list.) > > Is it perhaps just that I'm running on too little sleep, or does this > genuinely sound like a pretty good idea? Sure, there are enough > clueless idiots on the 'Net that the cross-correlation between lists > might be small -- but even one or two "saves" could be significant. > Heck, one in particular would have saved me some headaches *and* > saved SPAM-L a 126-post thread on merits of contacting the owner of a > mailing list (to which you have been subscribed for several years) > _prior_ to filing a spam complaint. > > Comments welcome. But please, no spam complaints. ;-) > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ____________ > Vince Sabio > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
