On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Mike Masnick wrote:
> Adds to the level of annoyance, and makes it even less likely that I'll
> ever use it.
Which annoyance? A string like f70539bb32961f3d7dba42a9c51442c1218a9100
somewhere in the message inserted by the system automatically doesn't
change anything. Besides, there are simpler solutions:
http://tmda.net/faq.cgi?req=all#4.10
> They don't have to.  All they have to do is use some program (which, if
> they don't exist already, will certainly be around someday soon) that makes
> every spam they send show the recipient as the "from" address as well.
See above.
> The adding manually thing doesn't seem like much fun.  And, anytime I speak
So is installing the software. But you do it once.
> to someone new, it just makes it more unlikely that they will be willing to
> contact me.  Having played around with whitelists in the past, you'd be
http://tmda.net/faq.cgi?req=all#1.5
> amazed at how confused many people get by them as well.  They tend to
> ignore the "please apply" messages.
>
> As an aside, am I the only person around who simply does not use the
> addressbook feature in email programs?  I never have, and I don't see any
I usually don't use it. Just to lookup addresses/names of people I forget,
once in a while.
> reason to.  It (along with not opening attachments) has helped me not to
> send out viruses to people.  I generally use my own brain or my inbox as an
Viruses? Other people's problem. Last virus I had was in 1988, or so.
> addressbook, and search out the last email I received from someone and hit
> reply...
>
> >> email.  I could see certain friends of mine getting fairly annoyed
> >> (especially those with multiple email addresses...).
> >
> >What's the point of multiple email addresses? They're a pain.
>
> Well, yes.  *I* use one email address, but that doesn't mean all my friends
> do.  You would need to convince everyone I know of that.  Most people I
Maybe your friends should get used to tagged message delivery, then.
> know, at the very least, have a home and work email address.  But plenty
> others have other addresses for various reasons.  Keeping track of all of
> them for a whitelist seems like a pain.  It forces them to remember which
> email addresses are already approved and avoid using others.
You have strange friends.
> Plus, I know plenty of people who change jobs, and suddenly get a new email
> address from their new job.  Wouldn't it suck if, in sending out your new
Why should changing my job change my private address? I don't use
corporate mail for private purposes.
> job info, you had to fill out a new application for each friend just to
> tell them about your new job email address?
I don't think this is a significant problem in practice.
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