Please confirm (conf#3cf11a7145595546740c6064dbc27044)

[David G. Lawrence]

>What would it do with my hotel reservation confirmation email?

   It stores all messages waiting for confirmation in a queue. It doesn't
throw anything away. If I'm expecting something like a hotel reservation
confirmation, then I can look in the queue for it. It is really a small
price to pay to avoid the ~400 spams that I get each day.
   I never said this scheme was perfect. For me, spam has reached crisis
proportions - and I only get about 400/day. I know some people that get
over a thousand a day. It all depends on how long and how much you've been
doing email with a particular email address. Aside from changing email
addresses or shutting off email entirely, there are few alternative
solutions that are effective. I despise third party blacklists, especially
spews which I've been victimized by several times.

-DG

David G. Lawrence
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