On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 11:07, MJ Ray wrote:
If you install a challenge-response spam block and do not exempt the ALUG lists, I will unsubscribe you. You need to exempt the list and the address that sends subscription pings.
So, if you send an email telling the list admins they must reply for you to get a service that you chose to subscribe to, I will verify your address and then reply by removing you. The list admins have enough to do already, without that.
Challenge-response spam blocks are broken and a pain in the back side. Look up "C-R considered harmful" for some of the reasons.
Report them to the black lists. I send all C-R messages to SpamCop. They are spam pure and simple, regardless of the motives of the person running the mail server, especially when most spam "From" addresses are spoofed. I don't tolerate that kind of thing on my mailserver. You are being very lenient by only unsubscribing them.
Matt