[Mailman-Developers] Crypto-sign to post

[Ian Eiloart]

--On 7 November 2006 12:40:56 +0900 stephen at xemacs.org wrote:

> Ian Eiloart writes:
>
>  > This can be useful if enabled for specific domains - for example, we'd
> use   > it for our own domain. However, if you blindly respond to spam
> with   > confirmation messages, you'll be generating collateral spam.
> That'll   > already get you blacklisted with spamcop.
>
> What "blindly"?  As far as I can tell, any autoreponse to spam puts
> you at risk from spamcop, no matter how much care you put into inbound
> filtering.
>

"blindly respond to spam" - respond to email without knowing whether it's 
spam.

"blindly walk off a cliff" - take a step forward without knowing the ground 
level ahead.

-- 
Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex