cni-modernization: Filters, zappers, boycott lists
Filters, zappers, boycott lists
Daniel P Dern (ddern@world.std.com)
Fri, 12 Nov 1993 19:13:16 -0500
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1993 19:13:16 -0500
From: ddern@world.std.com (Daniel P Dern)
Message-Id: <199311130013.AA16273@world.std.com>
To: cni-modernization@cni.org
Subject: Filters, zappers, boycott lists
Filters and zappers, I believe, still don't resolve underlying
concerns of a) consumption of user-side resources and b) trusting
software to make decisions about your mail.
Now, maybe we'll get a Usenet ads.* hierarchy, which sites
can choose selectively or not, as one part of the answer.
What about those who transgress? As [someone] pointed out,
retributory mailbombing takes its toll on its way to the
recipient, and doesn't necessarily solve things.
How about a 'boycott list' similar to what various organizations
have done over the years out here in the non-virtual world?
Shouldn't be hard to maintain a list of proven 'info-transgressors'
based on person, org, etc, perhaps even set some autofilters up
based on that.
<Backing up several yards on the thread> OTOH, we haven't as
I can see addressed the challenge of "OK but what about the info
we WANT to know about?" How do I make it known that I want
info about (HYPOTHETICALLY) Gilbert & Sullivan concerts, Pogo
books, used RS/6000 routers, etc. If I buy a new comptuer or
car, and they ask me for my email address, can I tell them
"OK YOU can send me messages, but you can't pass my name out.
You can send me two-line summaries, though, of folks you deem
of interest."
And is it time to establish a separate newsgroup for "grad
students and others seeking information for thesis, term
papers, homework etc, about the Internet, etc."? This happened
to science fiction for a while, but happily those days have
passed, I think.
DPD
Daniel P Dern
<ddern@world.std.com>
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