> Do you consider the TREG mailing list a source of automated messages ? > > I share your sentiments, but the problem of junk e-mail is a social > problem, not a technical problem. Social problems need social solutions, > just as technical problems need technical solutions.
No, the TREG list may technically be a source of automated messages, that is not where my trouble is. What I do object to is people I don't know from Adam sending me automated responses that they are on vacation or something. (This is particularly true if they encode this useful information and it comes as a second message into my "download" file, without identifier beyond "noname.001, 002", etc., etc.). As a defense mechanism, I junk, unread, anything that is called "noname.00x." and avoid opening up anything from known senders of such missives. There are technical solutions for these problems and the perpetrators of this particular crime are usually unaware that they are a pain in the butt, and couldn't do anything about it of they wanted. It is the people who design these systems that should be impaled on blunt instruments. Apart from that, thanks Lars for confirming that my policy works. Ciao, Vic
