Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:36:35 -0000 (GMT), (Ted Harding) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Hi Folks, > > > >A Grumble ... > > > >The message I just sent to R-help about "The hidden costs of GPL ..." > >has evoked a "Challenge" response: > > > > Hi, > > You�ve just sent a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In order to confirm the sent message, please click here > > Here's a strategy that I hope subverts this irritating mechanism: > Every now and then I get a challenge about a message that I didn't > send, because someone (or some virus) forged me into the "From:" > address. Those are the only ones I confirm.
Hehe... But don't you risk getting listed as an "active spammer" or something that way? Personally I just send them to the bogus folder for later update to the spamfilter. Imagine if everyone had this challenge stuff installed and we had to confirm every message ~1e3 times (how many subscribers are we these days). The vacation messages are annoying enough. I wonder how this guy got on the list in the first place. I suspect that he couldn't actually have completed the subscription process unless the mechanism was installed after the subscription. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
