At 9:21 PM +0100 2006-03-04, Brad Knowles wrote:
>> All sorts of things are "mandatory for all AOL users". For example,
>> the entire AOL spam detection and filtering mechanism is mandatory.
>
> Actually, it's not. You can opt out of the spam detection and
> filtering mechanism, if you so choose.
>
> I don't think you can opt out of the paid spammer solution from
> Goodmail.
Moreover, you shouldn't have to -- it should be opt-in only. Not
mandatory. Not opt-out. Opt-in.
This is the mantra that the entire anti-spam community has been
chanting for years, and the statement is just as true of paid spammer
... sorry, commercial bulk-mailer ... operations, such as Goodmail.
--
Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania
Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755
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