mike masnick miketechdirtcom 1149 72402 0200 eugen leitl wrote tue 23 jul 2002 mike masnick wrote lately fairly large spam ive getting coming spam systems forge address address include random token expiration date anything send valid whitelisting fromyouherenet yet invalid random token would get blocked adds level annoyance makes even less likely ill ever use spam messages would get whitelist set especially since email stuff time whitelists become popular imagine spammers resort majority spams making whitelists less helpful spammers bothered keep track individual whitelists associated given email address dont use program dont exist already certainly around someday soon makes every spam send show recipient address well plus im still sure feel whitelists dont think im special people need fill special form send course populate whitelist contents inbox minus spam add manually stuff addressbook adding manually thing doesnt seem like much fun anytime speak someone new makes unlikely willing contact played around whitelists past youd amazed confused many people get well tend ignore please apply messages aside person around simply use addressbook feature email programs never dont see reason along opening attachments helped send viruses people generally use brain inbox addressbook search last email received someone hit reply email could see certain friends mine getting fairly annoyed especially multiple email addresses whats point multiple email addresses theyre pain well yes use one email address doesnt mean friends would need convince everyone know people know least home work email address plenty others addresses various reasons keeping track whitelist seems like pain forces remember email addresses already approved avoid using others plus know plenty people change jobs suddenly get new email address new job wouldnt suck sending new job info fill new application friend tell new job email address mike httpxentcommailmanlistinfofork wed 24 jul 2002 100933 0700 mossberg choicemail tests cut spam zero