[78163] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: AOL scomp
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Taber)
Thu Feb 24 12:29:24 2005
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:28:58 -0500
From: Matt Taber <tabes@wmis.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <66316f90c2e0aba724e9781042b83013@usip.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
It's too bad that about 1/3 of the reported mails are valid opt-in lists.
Ahh well -- this is a nice mechanism that AOL provides, IMO.
Matt Taber
Network Admin
WMIS Internet - www.wmis.net
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Jeff Wheeler wrote:
>
> On Feb 24, 2005, at 11:52 AM, Edward B. Dreger wrote:
>
>>
>> Can AOL's "this is spam" feedback loop be abused with a single person
>> responding to a single message many, many times? Inquiring minds want
>> to know.
>
>
> No it can't be abused [by the average AOL user] - when you click the
> "Report Spam" button the message disappears from your mailbox. I tested
> this from within AOL version 10.3 for Mac OS X.
>
> --
> Jeff Wheeler
> Postmaster, Network Admin
> US Institute of Peace
>
>
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