Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 22:26:15 -0400
From: Jim Kling <jkling at nasw.org>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: SpamArrest
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Keith F. Lynch wrote:

>Jim Kling <jkling at nasw.org> wrote:
>
>>The spammer won't go jump through the hoop of going to a web page
>>and doing the confirmation.
>>
>
>Neither will most legitimate users.  Some won't.  Some can't.
>See my previous message.
>
If it's not important enough to them to take that simple step, I'm not
terribly interested in hearing from them.

>the vast majority of spams are sent
>with a forged return address -- sometimes *my* address.
>
Not a problem. If you're on my list, I'll get the spam, but I won't miss
your legitimate messages. My experience is that very few of the spams I
get are from forged addresses, maybe 10%. If my spam gets cut by 90%, I
can live with that.

--
Jim Kling
science writer
Rockville, MD
http://nasw.org/users/jkling