Incoming from no name supplied: > First off, if you are not Richard Atterer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > and you are strapped for time, I'd like to warn you in advance that
Noted. > On Jun 10, 2004, at 6:10 AM, Richard Atterer wrote: > >On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 12:27:04PM +0300, Dmitry Golubev wrote: > >>I second that. If I receive a confirmation message I never respond to > >>it! > > > >If *I* receive a confirmation message, I always respond to it! > > > >That's because all confirmation messages I get are in response to spam > >with > >my address in the From field. If I confirm, the person sending me the > >confirmation message will be delivered the spam. If more people did > >this, > >confirmation senders would notice that the system doesn't work. > > Well, you're just an asshole. It has been said that without assholes Now, now. This list does have rules. Anyone using a C-R system is just _asking_ for it to be abused. That's the "Challenge" in C-R. If anyone challenges me, I followup, and they're ridiculously naive not to expect it. I'm not Richard. I don't reply to Spam, worms, viruses, or C-R systems (except for self-initiated requests, of course). However, I can see where he's coming from. I don't fault him a bit. > subjected to such a process. Which brings me to what really annoys > me... > "Out of Office" messages posted to mailing lists. Bob, if I cared that Pot ... Kettle ... Black. You're allowed your hot buttons, but he's not? > translation to your OO message, or, better still, stop sending it to > the list. Better yet, stop telling the burglars you're on vacation. Why would anyone want to do that?!? -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
