Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend'

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 49318
interpreted = N
texte = >I guess YMMV applies big time here. What does YMMV mean?Thanks, -Dan On 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Sal D'anna 2003)
  2. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (John Peacock 2003)
  3. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Rob Marquardt 2003)
  4. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Donovan 2003)
  5. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Sal D'anna 2003)
  6. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Dan Strong 2003)
  7. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Alex McCombie 2003)
  8. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Kimberly D. Walls 2003)
  9. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Dan Strong 2003)
  10. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Dan Strong 2003)
  11. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Matthew Bohne 2003)
  12. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Dan Strong 2003)
  13. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Alex McCombie 2003)
  14. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Donovan 2003)
  15. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Alex McCombie 2003)
  16. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Dan Strong 2003)
  17. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Alex McCombie 2003)
  18. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Donovan 2003)
  19. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Dan Strong 2003)
  20. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Matthew A Perosi 2003)
  21. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Alex McCombie 2003)
  22. Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (John Peacock 2003)
  23. [OT] 'Email this story to a friend' (Dan Strong 2003)
>I guess YMMV applies big time here. What does YMMV mean?Thanks, -Dan On 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/ Dan Strong

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