Re: [tlug] Sub: best thing on the internet

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Godwin" == Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com> writes:

    Godwin> But they (should) also require a non-forgeable
    Godwin> confirmation. Plain opt-in with no confirmation step is
    Godwin> not acceptable practice nowadays.

"Non-forgeable"?  We're not talking about forging anything.  We're
talking about a real subscription of a real address.  All requiring
confirmation does is slow down the spam by a few minutes, and require
the spammer to keep that address open momentarily and send a couple of
extra messages.  Given that lists probably average dozens of
subscribers, that sounds like an acceptable tradeoff to me (for the
spammer, may he acceptably tradeoff a hot day in hell for a slightly
cooler one in the same place).


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