J.A. Terranson wrote:
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006, Stan Bubrouski wrote:Yeah but typically lists and whatnot these days require confirmation, Google just blindly subscribes you when anyone requests it, I'm assuming, since I didn't subscribe to any of the hacker or porn groups I have to keep removing myself from. Frankly if some Indian hacker group thinks of me as l33t they have no idea what they're talking about ;-)Just Say No. Simply STOP USING GOOGLE. How hard can this be?
Errr... this is precisely my point. I'm not using google. Someone else is using google to spam me.
Allowing automatic subscription of 3rd party addresses to public mailing lists goes against all best practice and set a very dangerous precedent, and they really should know better. I'm sure a lot of people will now use them as an example and do the same.
https://www.linx.net/www_public/community_involvement/bcp/bcp_operating_mailing_lists#4This kind of behaviour should get you instantly blacklisted at places like spamhaus as the mail quite clearly falls within their technical definition of SPAM:
http://www.spamhaus.org/definition.html cheers, Adam -- Adam Laurie Tel: +44 (0) 20 7605 7000 The Bunker Secure Hosting Ltd. Fax: +44 (0) 20 7605 7099 Shepherds Building http://www.thebunker.net Rockley Road London W14 0DA mailto:adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx UNITED KINGDOM PGP key on keyservers _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/