[email protected] wrote: > Kelson wrote on 01/14/2010 02:43:35 PM: > >> It's not the effect that's at issue, it's the process. >> >> The whole point of a honeypot is that you have a guarantee that no one >> has ever requested that mail go to that address, so any mail sent there >> is unsolicited by definition. >> >> If you subscribe an address to a list, then *you* have solicited mail >> for that address. As a result, your data is no longer reliable, because >> at least some of that mail coming into that address is mail that you >> requested. > > This is the best argument against what I asked about. Thanks > >> OTOH, if you actively *unsubscribe* an address, then you have >> specifically requested that mail *not* go there. If they turn around and >> use that information to put the address on one of their lists, then >> you've caught them violating your request. It's still unsolicited, so >> it's valid data. > > Other option is to raise hell with the mail outsourcing company but does > that really work?
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