Re: Let's all stop this SPAMMER!

On 2007-05-15, Nevmoorepiper@xxxxxxx <Nevmoorepiper@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Well those are certainly ideas that are worth batting around, but
every site I've ever seen that allows "sign up" emails requires a
confirmation reply to take effect.

Like I said -- use your imagination. It really isn't that hard to attract
spam. It's not like spammers go out of their way to do due diligence
verification that the recipient is interested.

But I think you missed my point. It would take no effort at all for
each of us

But it does. It takes a little effort for each of us, which is a fair
bit of effort cumulative. That's the philosophical argument.

Enough of that, here's the practical argument, which in the final analysis
is the only one that matters: most of us simply can't be bothered, and won't do
it.

Cheers,
--
Elflord
.

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