Hello, Allie: Thursday, September 4, 2003, 8:33:09 AM, you wrote:
(snip) AM> I've been annoyed by this sort of system. I expect some people are. On the other hand, I pre-configure permissions for those whom I have **invited** to contact me. Say we exchange business cards in certain situations. They are then not challenged. AM> Rule #1 in spam fighting. Don't lose legitimate mail Permissions let in friends and colleagues AM> and don't get AM> in the way of those sending legitimate mail. and the vast, vast majority of people whom I do **not** know send me only spam. What a pathetic life that must be, sending spam. AM> Even though I understand why I'm being asked to click a link or AM>whatever, I still find it annoying. :/ I guess I do too. But as more people are reaching that magical 50% (spam-innocent mail ratio) I expect more people will soon be understanding of this. (As they are when we screen phone calls with an answering machine at home, making them wait 4 rings **every time**, and not just once.) DRA>> I longer have to be distracted by even looking at those spam subject DRA>> lines, let alone busy myself with the job of deleting. AM> How do you manage with mail from an automated system with no one at the other end to respond to your validation request? A good example of this is with an online purchase where an automated message with registration stuff is sent to you? A permission I can create, in advance, lets in anybody/anything at Jello Computers, for example. AM> To each his own, I guess, but I've always felt it best to use a spam AM> filter. If you wish to auto-delete most spam, use a less aggressive method in AM> the interest of preserving good messages, or filter spam as read to a AM> separate folder, then on occasion scan the folder for innocents. Scanning for innocents there is no less a job than scanning the Inbox. But I concede that your way one can save all the distractions (and disgust) for a designated time of the day.) Best wishes, David ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.00 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
