Re: TMDA (was: new spam functionality added)

[Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>]

prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:

> If a reliable autoconfirmer were written, would you consider it a
> waste of time to set it up for your mailbox?

If a reliable autoconfirmer were written, some spammers would start
using it.  We need some amount manual intervention for the system to
scale.

But I don't consider the problem with people who will refuse to spend
a second or two to confirm their existence for significant.  I lose
mail today because by filters (automatic and manual) are too
agressive, and I can't afford the time to use less agressive filters:

- Today, I can lose mail from anybody, through no fault of theirs.
  Even if it is something that it is very important to them that I
  see.

- With TMDA, I will only lose mail from people who deliberately decide
  that getting their message through isn't worth two seconds of their
  tine.

It seem much more fair to lose mail from the later category than the
former.

The problem that does frighten me is whether non-technical people will
understand the request for a confirmation message.