OT Re: [Nottingham] Re: Tux Games mail is still unread
Derek Huskisson
derek at huskisson.free-online.co.uk
Mon May 24 23:42:57 BST 2004
On Monday 24 May 2004 14:15, Mike Cardwell wrote:
> On Sat, 22 May 2004, Derek Huskisson wrote:
> > I thought that sending a complaint was doing something about it!
> > It's hardly British, I know, to complain but have you any other
> > suggestions on what to do.?
> >
> > I don't want to register with an organisation just to say that I don't
> > want to receive unsolicited email.
>
> They've simply put a system in place to stop getting spam. If you don't
> like it, speak to them. I can't think of anyone you could possibly
> complain to, to get them to stop it other than them selves. Certainly
> speaking to a Linux User Group wont make any difference as it's completely
> OT.
Hi there
It might be OT as much as beer, perl or designer tee-shirts but consider
this:
Tux say they are getting too much spam (I've got sympathy there)
How much is too much ? -- they don't say
Lets say 50 a day.
What do they do about it.
Well they send an email to each one of the spammers saying "please register
on my Whitelist" so I can read your email.
The spammers don't oblige -- there're not interested in Whitelists.
Three days later Tux sends a reminder email
The spammers don't read this email either
Seven days later Tux sends another email with a final ultimatum " join my
whitelist or your email will be deleted"
The spammers ignore this -- or never receive it.
So what has happened? 50 spam emails have now become 150/200 spam emails.
We need a few more people to be doing the same and we can really give the
email system constipation.
Tux have got rid of their spam problem, they've just spread it around a bit.
Good news for disc drive manufacturers and providers of internet bandwidth.
Not such good news for other people is it.?
<trawl>
Is Bill Gates on the right track when he says people should pay for email
</trawl>
Derek
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