[Mimedefang] Spam ethics question

[WBrown at e1b.org]

Kelson wrote on 01/14/2010 02:43:35 PM:

> It's not the effect that's at issue, it's the process.
>
> The whole point of a honeypot is that you have a guarantee that no one
> has ever requested that mail go to that address, so any mail sent there
> is unsolicited by definition.
>
> If you subscribe an address to a list, then *you* have solicited mail
> for that address. As a result, your data is no longer reliable, because
> at least some of that mail coming into that address is mail that you
> requested.

This is the best argument against what I asked about.  Thanks

> OTOH, if you actively *unsubscribe* an address, then you have
> specifically requested that mail *not* go there. If they turn around and
> use that information to put the address on one of their lists, then
> you've caught them violating your request. It's still unsolicited, so
> it's valid data.

Other option is to raise hell with the mail outsourcing company but does
that really work?

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