Re: st: Antispam message

[Marcello Pagano <pagano@hsph.harvard.edu>]

We have not set anything like this up at this end.
Beware.

m.p.

p.s. We'll always accept yours, Richard, even if you don't reply!



Richard Williams wrote:

> At 08:11 AM 4/19/2006, Seb Buechte wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > did anyone who posted to the list today receive an antispam message
> > requiring him or her to confirm that it was "really" him or her who
> > sent the message? I just got one and I am a bit surprised.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Sebastian
>
> Yes. I can see the point of it, but I don't think it is the best thing 
> in the world if you are subscribed to lists where hundreds of 
> different people might be writing you!  It is an annoyance to others, 
> plus you wonder if it is legit or is itself some kind of spamming or 
> phishing device.  A digest format might be better if you have an 
> antispam program like that.  It wouldn't surprise me if some 
> University or corporation has imposed this system on its users.
>
> I assume it is legitimate though, since it is immediately replying to 
> messages I have actually sent.  I went ahead and did as it requested.  
> If you don't do that, then I suspect you will receive a request every 
> time you send a Statalist message, unless maybe it just bans you after 
> a few non-responses.
>
>
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