Re: [lojban] Lists and Spam

[Jay Kominek <jay.kominek@colorado.edu>]

On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, lojbab wrote:

> On what basis do you stop someone from subscribing? Verifying someone's
> net persona is a bit of work, and a large number of people are subscribed
> not under any obvious real name (not that a competent spammer wouldn't be
> able to create a fictitious person's name).

The thing is: spammers _aren't_ competent.

The only reason they have any success is through brute force, and sheer
bulk. (Which is of course, the entire premise of bulk mailing.)

- Jay Kominek <jay.kominek@colorado.edu>
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose