There's a really easy way to stop this problem, and it's through a
slight modification of the subscription protocol. Simply require that
the body of the confirmation email be a single word, like "confirmed".
That way autoresponders won't be able to confirm themselves.

Very easy to do, and effective. Who owns the list? Is such a change in
protocol possible?

Mike Curwen wrote:

>This is an age-old argument, and besides that, I don't enjoy talking
>religion. But the advice to create a client filter really grates
>sometimes.
>
>It is *still* a waste of bandwidth. The client can't filter until I
>download the 200 odd messages every morning.
>
>Aside from the annoyance factor, I think it's only being a good
>'internet citizen' to actively and aggresively manage these unnecessary
>emails. Let's clear the pipes for those important things like streaming
>radio. ;)
>
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Graham Reeds [mailto:grahamtomcat@(protected)]
>>Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:00 AM
>>To: Tomcat Users List
>>Subject: Re: failure notice
>>
>>
>>I'm getting loads of people complaining about a stupid
>>responder. Is that normal?
>>
>>:-)
>>
>>Seriously though, there's not a lot that anyone can do. I
>>would guess that some one on this list has opened the
>>document.zip.scr and it has infected his/her machine and has
>>started spamming the known world, even if him/her has left
>>the list it still could be in his address book.
>>
>>The spamming could be any of us. Company policy here is to
>>have Sophos running constantly which sucks resources and
>>is/was effective as a chocolate fireguard when MSBlast went
>>around as every machine in the building (except our Linux boxes).
>>
>>I suggest you get used to creating rules in your favourite
>>email client.
>>
>>G.
>>
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