I second that. If I receive a confirmation message I never respond to it! (well, when I first received such a message, I wanted to try how it works - that was the only confirmation I responded to). Maybe that's impolite, but I do not want to waste my time answering to that spam.
Dmitry On Thursday 10 June 2004 11:58, Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:21, Jaroslaw Tabor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We are allowing all emails from whitelits. > > Who is "we" in this context? Individual users or mailing list > administrators? > > > For unknown sender, automated confirmation request is send. If > > For mailing lists this can be achieved by making the list subscriber-only. > For individual accounts such behaviour is very anti-social as it results in > confirmation messages being sent in response to virus messages. This means > that even though my anti-virus software is updated regularly I still get > hit by viruses through those stupid confirmation messages! > > My response to these scumbags who send me the confirmation messages is that > if they are on a mailing list I'm on then I black-list their email address > if it's known (or their mail server if their email address is not clear). > If a confirmation message appears to be in response to a virus then I > respond to it. Let the scumbag get another copy of the virus... > > > I'm planning to develop this feauture, but It will be nice to hear from > > what you thing about this idea. > > Don't do it. Confirmation systems are just as bad as the problems that > they try to solve. > > -- > http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages > http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark > http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark > http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
