Re: FN-FORUM: Boxtrapper

date posted 23rd November 2007 22:08

Rob Owen wrote:
> If you were to send me an email and you were not whitelisted then that
> message would be placed in a queue and you would receive an email asking you
> to verify that you are a real human being and not an automated mailer. All
> you need to do to verify your email address is to reply to the verification
> message.
>


> I know that people are inherently lazy or too busy to be bothered verifying
> their email address and just wondered whether they would be put off by
> having to do this.
>
Yes.
> I just wanted to know if anyone had implemented a system like this and
> whether they had found a reduction in legitimate mail they were receiving as
> a consequence.
>

I did it, under protest, for a client who insisted on it. Yes, the
amount of spam she receives has decreased. But instead of getting a
dozen email inquiries a month from prospective clients, she now gets
zero. Zilch. Nada. Even some long-term repeat customers are so ticked
off they've gone to someone else instead of jumping through her
challenge/response hoop.

K@
Kat Nagel