[Ham-Mac] Re: Ham-Mac digest, Vol 4 #105 - 5 msgs

[Jay Stormer]

>On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 03:00  AM, Daniel Sole wrote:
>>We have received a missage apparently yours but your email address 
>>is not included in our accept list. Please, if you really want to 
>>contact us, please send your message again adding the string 
>>[caldera] to its subject.
>
>  People who use verification systems to block SPAM and who also 
>subscribe to mail lists should be summarily executed. {sigh}
>

I agree with the philosophy, but practice may may not allow capital punishment.

I now receive approximately 400 e-mails a day. My ISP spam blocker 
intercepts only about half.  Leaving about 190 unwanted messages I 
have to sort through.   I am being forced to think about going to a 
verification system myself, despite the fact that it presents a lot 
of other problems.

Another list that I belong to has the headers arranged where a simple 
"reply" will go only to the poster of the original message.  To post 
to all members, the posting  address has to be entered or "reply to 
all" selected.  Obviously this has some negatives too, but it does 
eliminate automated replies going to everyone.

Having been in the "e-mail" community since the late 80's, I find the 
(relatively) recent avalanche of spam a tragedy.  Unfortunately, like 
a real avalanche there is no turning it back, and it will probably 
change the face of e-mail as we have known it.

J. Stormer AE4MZ

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Jay AE4MZ 
San Leon, Galveston Co., TX
and aboard S/V TROPICBIRD
and "webmaster" 
Waterway Radio and Cruising Club
http://www.jstorm.com/wrrc/