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RE: UNDISCRIPE

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shreepad.Bhat@TARGET)
Fri Mar 7 15:11:42 1997

Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 11:55:59 EST
From: "Shreepad.Bhat@TARGET" <ustgtrrq@ibmmail.com>
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu



>> > UNDISCRIPE
>
>> Ohhh. I like this. But creative spelling is getting boring,
>> why not use other expressions like: DISLODGE, DISMANTLE, DISMOUNT,
>> DISQUALIFY ..(yes, I'm just reading dictionary entries]).
>> I'd really like put all of 'will-be unsubscribed' people on
>> a special mailing-list who forwards them all their lovely trials
>> to get off a list.
>
>Why don't we create the standard of using a simple word,  like STOP or QUIT ?
>But then again, I can see people misspelling those words, too. :)

How about some logic that attempts to understand the psychological motives of
the mailer? Like, unsubscribe those who write one word messages that start
with DIS or UN. (That would take care of DISLODGE, DISMOUNT, etc.) Or maybe
throw in NON as well, in case someone comes up with "nondiscripe".

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