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Unnamed Administration sources reported that Lionel said: > > > > [opt-in bulk email] > >Has anyone ever actually come across such a contract in real life > >or are they just urban myths? > > Urban myth. > If you make damn sure that you clearly mark your bulk mail with the > website/organisation at which your user subscibed, & you record the > *way* they subscribed[0], you should be fine. It's also vitally > important that you respond promptly to email that arrives at your > domain's '[email protected]' address. > > [0] Eg: IP address & time stamp from when they hit the 'subscribe me' > button on a web form, copy of the signed paper form they sent in, etc. Likely insufficient. Save your hide by getting verification on every entry; i.e: 1) Get request. 2) Send email to alleged requester. 3) Do nothing unless/until you get back a confirming "yes, I do want" reply. This is what spammers disparage as "double out-in"... -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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