http://blog.bfccomputing.com/articles/2008/09/15/im-not-e-mailing-you en-us 40 My God, It's Full of Source! <p>Some e-mail systems, notably Earthlink, employ a challenge-response system whereby when you send a user an e-mail you get a response asking you to fill out a form to allow your e-mail to go through.</p> <p>This is improper behavior because spam filtering is your problem (just like I filter my spam) and you&#8217;re pushing your work back on me.</p> <p>It becomes an n^2 problem if everybody employes this kind of system, so it&#8217;s not a <i>scalable behavior</i>. Supporting this kind of system creates a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard">moral hazard</a>, so, if you&#8217;re using one of these systems you&#8217;re not going to get mail from me.</p> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:10:00 -0400 urn:uuid:d60e5b99-1b0a-4faa-ae20-d4b19cdebbdc Bill McGonigle http://blog.bfccomputing.com/articles/2008/09/15/im-not-e-mailing-you Internet Security http://blog.bfccomputing.com/articles/trackback/4782