I just received an email from a subscriber who got a "challenge and 
response" email from the Cashette anti-spam service. Such services work 
by blocking email from any address not on the user's white list - which 
means anyone posting to the list.

Our lists are already spam-proofed, so please don't use a challenge and 
response anti-spam system on the address you use to subscribe to this 
list. Here's our official policy on these services:

"What about anti-spam services?

"We already take the steps necessary to keep spam off our lists. Whatever 
filtering you do with your email software and your email service is up to 
you.

"That said, we take a dim view of anti-spam services such as Spam Arrest 
that require the sender of a message to respond to a message from the 
anti-spam service before allowing the recipient to receive the posting. 
Such a service inconveniences anyone who posts to the list and is 
unnecessary.

"These are all closed lists, so there is no spam. Only those who have 
requested a subscription and confirmed their subscription are allowed to 
post. If that is not good enough for you, please don't inconvenience our 
members by asking them to jump through hoops to keep your mailbox spam 
free.

"Any subscriber using this kind of anti-spam service will receive one 
warning. If the situation is not resolved quickly, the subscriber will be 
banned. The burden should be on the spammers, not innocent list members."

Remember, one warning.

I ask that anyone posting to the list who receives a challenge and 
response email forward it to me with "anti-spam" in the subject line.

Thanks!

Dan the listmom

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