On Wed, September 3, 2008 11:29 pm, Gabriel Sechan wrote: > > > > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 23:23:46 -0700 >> To: [email protected] >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: what is with this Palin family >> This kind of thing won't really work unless everyone with an E-mail >> address does it and I just don't see it. It'll get through, just like >> regular junk mail. And we'll just learn to throw it away when it gets >> here >> rather than call 15 advertisers every month to ask them to stop. >> >> > After further thought, I don't think it will be that efficient at fixing > things anyway. Look at it this way- all your friends will be white > listed. Your friends likely know one another. If one of their computers > is compromised as a spam relay, it tends to use random addresses from the > address book. This means that there's a high chance it will be > whitelisted. Furthermore, the bounce will go to your friends- who will > likely instinctively click it. I doubt it will significantly impact spam. > > Gabe >
My concern the other direction (using Gabe's reasonable premises) is that everybody would end up in a bubble or echo chamber of people he knows or would agree with. We have enough problems with that right now. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
