"Fred Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about some form of automated(?) sequence where: > > New subscriber submits subscription request. > > System sends "query" message to subscriber address. > > New subscriber sends "confirmation" message within reasonable time > period. > > List access granted on receipt of confirmation. > > At least the damn spammer would have to do a little work to be a bottom > feeder. Too bad there must be an endless number of idiots out there (P > T Barnum postulation) or the problem would self regulate. >
Such a system is already in place. Please recall when you signed up that you got a confirmation message that you had to reply to before you were added to the mailing list. And yet somehow, the spammer still managed to get signed up using a "paypal.com" address. How did they do that? -- D. Richard Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
