In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 16:52:05 on
Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Jethro R Binks <[log in to unmask]> writes
>On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Roland Perry wrote:
>
>> The "spam prevention system" I refer to is not a particular branded
>> product or service, but merely one organisation's (or individual's) use
>> of simple rules.
>
>"simple" being the key word there. If spam detection could be done with
>simple rules, there wouldn't be a spam issue in the first place. So the
>simple rules are likely to cause more harm than good.
Not at all, the simple rules can eradicate the majority very quickly.
For example, of someone sends an email to [log in to unmask]
... then I immediately classify it as Spam, because there's no-one of
that name here. [A real example, received today].
>> > I will happily recommend others to do the right thing and not worry
>> > about it either (especially as there isn't really much alternative).
>>
>> If someone wants to send an email to lots of different people, without
>> breaching privacy, they should use a mailing list application.
>
>I really see this as an issue for the ad-hoc "send this thing to lots of
>people", rather than regulated, repeated sends over a period of time.
>People seem unlikely to bother to prime any sort of mailing list
>application for an ad-hoc mailout, in my experience.
IMHO, a County Council is likely to have enough cause to email large
numbers of concerned citizens about one project or another that they
should have a proper system in place.
>Are we bored of this thread now? :)
The number of postings in a short period indicates that the list members
are much more interested than average!
--
Roland Perry
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