Re: new spam functionality added

[Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>]

Jason R Mastaler <jason@mastaler.com> writes:

> While I don't feel such animosity is warranted, I've heard it before,
> and understand where it's coming from.  Unwillingness to accept the
> severity of the spam problem, and the fact that the Internet isn't the
> place it used to be.

It's not unwillingness to accept anything.  It's refusal to jump through
other people's hoops so that they can receive my mail.  Spam sucks.  I
deal with it.  Other people can too.  There are a lot of different tactics
that can work.  Making people go to more effort to send you mail isn't one
that I'm willing to support by extending that effort.

> Unfortunately, boycotting TMDA users will do nothing to help the
> problem.  You aren't teaching anyone a lesson with such behavior.

If you use TMDA in a configuration that requires me confirm my mail when I
send it to you, then you simply won't receive mail from me.  I am of the
somewhat egotistical opinion that in general you'll lose more from not
receiving mail from me than I'll lose in not being able to send mail to
you, since I'm more frequently answering questions than asking them.

If you can live with simply cutting off communication with people like me
as acceptable lossage in keeping away the spam, then more power to you.
If you ever want to get mail from me, you'll write to me with a repliable
address; requiring confirmation renders the e-mail address unrepliable as
far as I'm concerned and I will treat it accordingly.

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Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>