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A step in the right direction, but not without it's own problems.
Spammers, the real criminals, never stay put long enough for a reputation system to build up sufficient hits to flag their traffic. This renders the value of reputation systems suspect.

It is also questionable whether or not there would be any meaningful consistency in rating a sender. After all, one man's "ZDnet Must Read News" is a barrage of spam to everyone else.

I would prefer all senders to adopt an Opt-In system. In truth, anything which I did not solicit is spam. So long as systems are not Opt-In, no unknown sender is "legitimate". Thus, I must treat all unknown mailers as spam. That isn't good for anyone. So it's in their own best interest to adopt a consumer friendly process which treats the customer with respect.

Until then, my blacklist stops known spammers and my whitelist accepts friends and associates. Everyone else drops into a "suspect" directory which is auto-deleted daily. I try to check it before deletion, but hey, I'm busy and I don't always get around to it.

If that means I miss the latest Publisher's Clearing House offer, then so be it.

Regards,
Jon
Posted by: JonathonDoe   Posted on: 04/27/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Print advertising...  Henry Miller | 04/27/06
As long as they ONLY send it to those who asked for it  CobraA1 | 04/27/06
A step in the right direction, but not without it's own problems.  JonathonDoe | 04/27/06
Riiiight.....  BitTwiddler | 04/27/06
If it looks like spam, and smells like spam ....  cfortune | 04/27/06

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