[clue-talk] Triaging spam

[Charles Oriez]

At 06:57 PM 12/25/2004, Angelo Bertolli wrote:

>I do agree that the way to attack spam is to base it on the content that 
>they're trying to sell.  I had a long discussion with someone before, and 
>I'm still standing by this point of view:  prevent their advertisement at 
>all cost.  It's the heart of what they do.


i disagree. it's consent, not content. if the seller can show that he has a 
confirmed optin system in place, he isn't spamming. Case in point - If CLUE 
posts a message to Clue-Talk that annual membership dues are due, and that 
those who renew or join before Jan 1 get a free copy of Slackware 10.0, 
that isn't spam. The identical message, sent to the Windows on the Rockies 
email list, would be spam.





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