Re: spam return address backlash

[Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM>]

 Russell Fulton ventured to comment, at 1/12/07 7:14 PM:
> H. Morrow Long wrote:
> > When it comes to receiving and relaying telephone messages for their
> > parents
> > some children function as a write-only recording mechanism (or null sink).
> Goodness!  I'm shocked! -- I thought it was just my kids.
>
> I also have problems with false ACKs, with subsequent repudiation --
> acknowledgement that message was received when subsequent events
> indicate it never was and the recipient vigorously denies it was ever
> delivered.

Not to mention the audio/visual special effects that only decrease the
signal-to-noise ratio. One may hope that soon enough they might move off to
one of your fine institutions and leave the answering machine to return to its
rightful occupation ;-)

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