Is this something that we list owners/providers can set up in an
open fashion and run legitimately, perhaps not-for-profit?

Obviously, there would be a number of issues to tackle like who
would maintain it and how to ensure that unscrupulous people don't
get a hold of the address list (or pollute it with valid addresses).

Omar

On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 04:02:05PM -0400, murr rhame wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, David Shaw wrote:
> 
> > They are extremely useful, though not in the way intended by
> > their owners, since as you say, any email that mentions them
> > can safely be chucked..
> 
> I have yet to hear of any removal site that passes the simple
> test of setting up a new email account and submitting it to an
> op-out list.  That account will start receiving spam within
> hours.  For most spammers, there is no incentive to honor an an
> op-out list.  They could care less if they piss off a thousand
> people as long as one person in a thousand buys the product.
> 
> 
> - murr -
> 

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