2008/10/7 mike scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <snip>
He's back, I see. > > He certainly seems to have a major problem, in getting unwanted mails > not just from this list. If someone has taken /real/ umbrage, and > rigged a forwarding account that filters unsubscription request > emails, he's stymied. Although his real ire should be directed at > gmail for not fixing the problem, methinks: that seems to be the > common point from what he's written. > <snip> Er. Please, how could Google fix this problem? One has never needed permission to forward e-mail. As far as I know there's no such facility in the protocols. Are you saying Google should abolish its Autoforward feature? I think you'd hear howls of protest if you suggested that. And even if Google wrote special software, one could just use Outlook Express or Thunderbird (or, presumably, any other mail client) to do it. Both those programs let you set up a rule/filter that does autoforward. For example, I can arrange in Outlook Express to forward to you any message that comes in to me addressed to "[email protected]". And there's nothing you can do about that. You may be able to *cure* it by unsubscribing me but you can't *prevent* it happening in the first place. While we are on this, what is the procedure for unsubscribing the attacker? Does the victim have to masquerade as the attacker by setting up a special account in his/her mail system? Or can it be done using ezmlm's proceudre as explained in its Help? -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
