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[Robert Reese]

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On 1/27/2004 at 12:48 PM Jim Popovitch wrote:

>Robert, 
>
>While all of your points are valid.. they do underline the
>complexity and requirements necessary to pull something like that
>off.

Well, it may be a *little* complex, it isn't as bad as it sounds.  As
I said, even something as simple as not including headers would go a
long way.


>  Yet, all it
>would take to thwart this is one newbie member (or someone like me
>who doesn't care :) to reply with an email address in the body of an
>email.  Just one.

Not really.  In the case of an occasional boo-boo, that can be
handled with minimal effort on the human side.  As for the newbie, he
or she will be educated.  For those that don't care, they meet the
clue stick. :)


>I don't think anyone will find one sizable, archived, public
>mailinglist that has solved this probem.  If you do, please post the
>URL to their archive, I would be interested in seeing it.

I'll be happy to do so when I run across them.  You are right, it
isn't just a point-and-click simple solution.  Like security, this is
not a 'product', rather it is a system.  If the success rate of
keeping unwanted email addresses out reach 99.9%, then to me that is
a success.

Cheers,
Robert~

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