Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend'
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texte = >I guess YMMV applies big time here.What does YMMV mean?Thanks,-DanOn Tue, 08 Apr 2003 12:16:23 Alex McCombie
wrote:>On 4/8/03 12:02 PM, John Peacock wrote:>>>> Client wants me to implement the 'email this story to a friend' function>>> on their websites. No problem in accomplishing it, however, my SPAM>>> alert is going off real loud...>>> >> >> You are right to be concerned. This is a major source of spam. Impress upon>> them that it _will_ get abused and they _will_ get blacklisted as a result.>> >>Not that I am doubting anyone, but it just seems odd to me. Unfortunately I>receive plenty of spam, and in the 10's of thousands (or more) spams that>have come by my machine, I have yet to see a spammer spend time using a>send this story feature to enter in spam to send to people one person at a>time.>>Now don't get me wrong, I can definitely see how someone might receive and>unsolicited email from someone through the use of the tool and maybe that>rare occurrence is more than you might be comfortable with. It just seems>that short of 'hacking' them mail script (which I know is often done on>other systems) the value to a spammer to send his/her message one at a time>to users seems to be a stretch, to put it gently.>>I guess YMMV applies big time here.>>Just my .02>>Alex J McCombie New World Media>Chief Information Officer Drawer 607>800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064>Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com>>Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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>I guess YMMV applies big time here.What does YMMV mean?Thanks,-DanOn Tue, 08 Apr 2003 12:16:23 Alex McCombie wrote:>On 4/8/03 12:02 PM, John Peacock wrote:>>>> Client wants me to implement the 'email this story to a friend' function>>> on their websites. No problem in accomplishing it, however, my SPAM>>> alert is going off real loud...>>> >> >> You are right to be concerned. This is a major source of spam. Impress upon>> them that it _will_ get abused and they _will_ get blacklisted as a result.>> >>Not that I am doubting anyone, but it just seems odd to me. Unfortunately I>receive plenty of spam, and in the 10's of thousands (or more) spams that>have come by my machine, I have yet to see a spammer spend time using a>send this story feature to enter in spam to send to people one person at a>time.>>Now don't get me wrong, I can definitely see how someone might receive and>unsolicited email from someone through the use of the tool and maybe that>rare occurrence is more than you might be comfortable with. It just seems>that short of 'hacking' them mail script (which I know is often done on>other systems) the value to a spammer to send his/her message one at a time>to users seems to be a stretch, to put it gently.>>I guess YMMV applies big time here.>>Just my .02>>Alex J McCombie New World Media>Chief Information Officer Drawer 607>800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064>Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com>>Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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