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Re: Yahoo and their mail filters..


From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:44:14 +0530

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Peter Beckman <beckman () angryox com> wrote:
 Why the hell can't AOL integrate the standard listserv commands integrated
 into many subscription emails into a friggin' button in their email
 client, right next to "Spam" (or even in place of it) that says
 "Unsubscribe?"

Because a lot of spammers would prefer that people simply unsub from
their lists rather than they get blocked?

And because unsub urls could lead to a lot of nastiness if theres a
truly malicious spammer?

And because .. [lots of other reasons]

There are a few (sender driven) initiatives to move towards a trusted
unsubscribe, but ..

--srs

-- 
Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists () gmail com)


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