On 4/18/08 12:46 PM, nk wrote: > My hosting service, Bluehost, suggested a challenge/response type > thing, which they provide, but can anyone here talk about how clients > feel about stuff like that? > > am I understanding correctly that a new emailer (like a potential > client) can email you, then have to "prove" their legitimacy by > answering a qualifying email? Yes, that's what it means. It means that they write you, they get an email back that they have to "verify" that they're a real person, before their email is released to you. Those tick me off so bad that I refuse to verify my identity. If you write to me and you don't add me to your list, do NOT expect me to waste my time doing it for you. That's the last you'll hear from me.