On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 01:35:53PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Chris Adams wrote: > >Once upon a time, Steven Saner <ssa...@hubris.net> said: > >>We run several mailing lists for customers. We frequently get feedback > >>reports from AOL saying that the AOL user has flagged the message as > >>spam. So, we remove said user from the list. They then complain that > >>they have been removed and swear that they didn't do it. Anyone have a > >>handle on what this is about? > >That has been a problem basically as long as AOL has had the feedback > >loop. The theory is that some AOL users use "This is spam" as a delete > >button; apparently at one point the buttons were right next to each > >other (making it an easy accident). > > I still see this one, both accidentally and intentionally (I'm not > interested in this topic, so it's spam.) > > Most of the lists I run are small - parent-teacher organizations, churches, > and such - and I generally warn people about hitting the spam button, then I > drop them if they do it again.
I see this very frequently -- dozens of times per day -- for all manner of things, including receipts for fairly expensive state government licenses and permits. I can't imagine anyone intentionally marking these as spam, but certainly can see a finger check causing the problem. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
