"challenge response" to mailing list posts is pointless & rude!

[jdow]

Solve the problem simply. Blacklist everybody who uses such an asinine
annoying system. I do that up in my ~/.procmailrc file. If a person wants
to look like a spammer fishing for addresses I'll be happy to guarantee
that I never see email from that person again. It keeps my blood pressure
down to safe levels.

Challenge Response to a mailing list is stupid. It means I'd have to
answer thousands of challenges each time I posted a message to a new
mailing list. It's such a rude thing to do I figure I want nothing to
do with the individual who is so unthinking as to do this. "Scroom"

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From: "Joe(theWordy)Philbrook" <jtwdyp at ttlc.net>
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> I did NOT email Bruce Morrow, I posted a followup on:
> gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general, which sent it to the mailing list:
> fedora-list at redhat.com
> Which inserted MANY mailing list header lines and Resent it to it's
> subscribers ...including Bruce Morrow...
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> I've heard of one challenge response system smart enough to avoid the BAD
> behavior of sending such challenge responses to indirect senders...
> http://www.tmda.net/
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> Here is a quote concerning the difference between TMDA and the not so
> revolutionary SpamRival.com service: