Re: Principles of Spam-abatement

[Michael Thomas <mat at cisco.com>]

John Leslie writes:
 > Paul Vixie <vixie at vix.com> wrote:
 > > 
 > > the principle i've always followed is that
 > > "all communications must be by mutual consent"
 > > ...
 > 
 >    Excellent principle, Paul. I'd like to put it at the head of the
 > list.

Ok, I'm dense. How do I meaningfully consent to
somebody for which I have no a priori information
about their consentworthiness? I mean, I can
blackhole them after the fact, but until I have
some information to inform my consent, I'm not
sure what this principle buys you. 

	  Mike