Dan Anderson <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1:06 PM said:
> Sure, I absolutely agree with you. But there are a lot of lists /not/ > doing anything about it. So whatever. Don't spend a half hour > bitching about the spam -- spend 5 minutes blocking it and be done > with it. 1. I can see that you have issues with anger. Have you thought about seeing a therapist? 2. So because other lists aren't doing it, this one shouldn't also? I wonder, would you jump off a bridge if everyone else was doing it too? 3. I'm not talking about spam sir. I'm talking about the addresses that are subscribed to this mailing list that when sent an email immediately send back some sort of stupid response like our friend [EMAIL PROTECTED] did. Either he's been removed from the list or he's cleaned his inbox so that emails are being accepted again. 4. Also it wastes bandwidth for the list owners and the people subscribed. It just adds bloat and confusion. Here's analogy: When I was little kid I used to go camping with my grandparents about once a year. One of my favorite things to do was gather as many dry leaves as I could carry and dump them on the fire. If I could carry enough leaves, the fire would be completely covered and look like it had been put out. But after waiting a few seconds the fire would consume all the leaves and end up burning a little bigger than before. Instead of throwing as many leaves on the fire as we can we should instead put the fire out with water or sand. The comparison is that your solution does not stop or even lessen the problem, it just masks it. That's not how problems get solved. Chris. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
