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Eric J. Wisti wrote:
> That still doesn't make the "Please verify" messages any more friendly. 
> What if someone forges my email address and sends you a spam. I get a 
> "Please verify" message, but I had nothing to do with the email that was 
> sent, other than being a victim of an email forgery. Now, I also get a 
> nice "Please Verify" message. These systems may have been a ok workaround 
> before, but now that spam is some 94% of email is spam, all it does is 
> increase the amount of "spam", and involve people who may not even be 
> connected with the emails you receive.
> 
> Eric
> 
> PS. I didn't send this directly to you, to avoid having to respond to a 
> verify message.
> 
> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, Mike Ruskai wrote:
> 
>> Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:54:18 -0400
>> From: Mike Ruskai <thannyd AT earthlink DOT net>
>> Cc: bacula-users <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
>> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] thannyd earthlink.net
>>
>> On 04/05/2009 19:11, Dan Langille wrote:
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>>> Please do not make your spam problem *our* spam problem.  There are
>>> better ways to handle this.
>>>
>>> Please do not expect every person on this mailing list to fill out this
>>> webform every time they post to the list.
>>>
>>>
>> No one has to do any such thing to post to this list.
>>
>> You're getting that because you're writing a message directly to me, not
>> the list.
>>
>> That you routinely write both to the original sender and the list is not
>> my problem.

This is standard practice on this list.  If you wish to participate,
please ensure you account for this practice.

>> Something I would have been happy to explain privately, but insist on
>> explaining publicly because you've posted the above to the list.

To do so, I would have had to fill out your form.  Sorry, your spam
problem should not become our spam problem.

- --
Dan Langille

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