On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Bob Proulx wrote: > When I hear the words "double opt-in" I hear what sounds like spammer > speak. Why would you need to opt-in to a mailing list twice? That > would be redundant. That type of language is used by spammers to > imply that they and the user are going to twice the required levels to > be subscribed. What lists do this? I have never seen one yet. > > What you are probably really meaning is "confirmed opt-in". There is > no redundancy involved. The subscriber is confirmed to have opt'd > into the mailing list. In the future if you want to avoid sounding > like a spammer you should avoid using the "double" word and instead > use the "confirmed" word.
Many phrases for the same thing: Double Opt-In http://www.spamresource.com/closedloop.html Fully Verified Opt-In http://www.mail-abuse.org/nml/ Confirmed Opt-In, Closed-Loop Opt-In http://www.spamhaus.org/mailinglists.html It's all semantics folks. Justin
