On Wednesday 22 November 2006 10:12, Matt Kettler wrote: > John Andersen wrote: > > Troll? > > Yes, you're trolling. > > I'll admit that the TBL website is following poor practices.
> Also, what motivation or benefit is there to abusing this system? This > can't be abused by a spammer to increase his spread of pharmacy spams. The site is The Biggest Loser - its about fat people. The world is full of mean jerks who subscribe others to lists just to torment. What part of that is so hard for you to understand? You allude to it several paragraphs below, was that the first time the concept crossed your mind? > Erm.. define "opt-in". Do you really mean "Confirmed opt-in"? I agree, bad > practice not to do confirmations. However, many sites in this world are not > confirmed opt-in. And many sites in this world are spammers. The standard today for mailing list is double opt-in. Sign up. Then confirm the sign up by answering the email. Just like how you got yourself on THIS mailing list. Anyone who would think of running a mailing list dealing with a sensitive subject such as being overweight, and who was so clueless and careless as to skip double opt in deserves having their mail show up in Razor, and sorbs, and everywhere else. > That said, this is also the standards to which US laws are currently > written. As stupid as that may be as well. This has absolutely NOTHING to do with law. It has nothing to do with RFCs. Razor is not here to enforce either. Razor's job is to allow users to report what they consider to be spam. Razor does not block mail. It merely reflects the opinion of the masses. > Let's take a close look at the poor practices you're engaging in yourself. <Gratuitous pontificating deleted> > So even your domain is following bad practices. Should we all blacklist you > for not having a mail system that conforms to all the best practices in the > industry? Its not a domain you twit, its a private mail server for a single user, which does not host any mailing lists, and does not send any spam. But, Yes, If you would PLEASE blacklist me then I would not have to read your mindless prattle. I will do likewise. Welcome to my Plonk file. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Razor-users mailing list Razor-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/razor-users
