[clue-talk] Triaging spam

[Angelo Bertolli]

You're right about consent.  But I guess I'd rather tie it intimately to 
content.  In other words, the source of the content must be the 
responsible party and offer the optin system, not merely the sender.  So 
based on the content (e.g. a URL) if we know that entity to have the 
optin system, we can say that that content is OK to let through, 
regardless of who is sending it.

But maybe... that leaves some holes for people to get through.

Angelo

Charles Oriez wrote:

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