[Test-Equipment] OT Semi big spambots

[J. Forster]

What you say may be true, but I see no good reason to cease locking doors.

The inconvenience is minor:

If you get Group messages by email...  read the Subject line and hit
Delete if you're not interested

If you read the Digests, ship over subjects of no interest.

If you don't want messages, there is no impact.

Sign-In can be a PITA, but you only have to do it very occasiponally,
unless you choose not to allow Cookies.

FWIW,

-John

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>>Locking just one door is insuffucient. You have to lock ALL your doors.
>>
>>Best,
>>-John
>
> -=-=-=-
>
> Such an approach doesn't include the needs and wants of the members.
> It's like increasing airport security to include strip searches "to
> keep us all safe". At what cost to the user? (It's an analogy...
> let's not get carried away with it.)
>
> In my experience much of the spam I see is from viruses infecting
> Microsoft mail applications that send spam to everyone in the owner's
> address book.
>
> I doubt that more than a small percentage of spam is from list harvesting.
>
> With respect,
> Dave