[P1] Bad email etiquette : Moderator alert!

[Mike Beede]

On Apr 28, 2004, at 1:49 PM, Tom R. no spam wrote:

> I've seen something like that, produced by someone having
> gotten set up with a service to protect them from spam.  I
> researched it on the web, and it seemed like actually allowing
> emails harvesting like for spamming, and maybe putting a
> spyware on the user's computer.  I don't remember the name
> of it, tho.

The generic name for this is a "whitelist."  The idea is that
a Real Person probably has to get into the loop to get put
onto the whitelist--other mail is bounced.  This is a good
theory, except it shifts the burden onto the sender, who
in the case of a mailing list is someone that's already doing
a favor for the recipient.  At least this case is well-behaved
in that it doesn't send a message for each message from the
list....

	Mike Beede