Re: 5c. Message Status - Re: [Asrg] ASRG work items

[waltdnes@waltdnes.org]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 09:07:13AM +0000, Jon Kyme wrote

[ ...Vernon said... ]
> >It's a bad idea because saying "ok, you're ok but no thanks" will get
> >you more spam.  Any expression sent to almost any mass mailer, no
> >matter how legitimate, is likely to be "checked," as in "6 months
> >(weeks, days, or hours) ago you said you didn't want to hear everything
> >from us.  surely you've changed your mind?"

[ ...Jon said... ]
> Yes maybe - so they consult your consent again. 
> Is there some problem with this?

  Yes.  It doesn't scale.  Imagine several million businesses on this
planet "just checking" with you every six months.  I don't really see
any difference between my inbox overflowing with a thousand spams per
day or a thousand "requests-for-you-to-please-opt-in,-pretty-please".

  To summarize... I'd love to see a truly working "Global opt-out list"
where I could say "No" once, and be done with bulk solicitions until
such time as I log in and change my prefs.  What I do *NOT* want is a
system where I have to say "No, no, a thousand times no" every day.
Even a system that generates 1000 requests per day that you can ignore
is still mailbombing.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will
eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure,
and has a lower TCO, than linux.
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