On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:48:45 PST, "Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." <amitchell@isipp.com> said:
127.3.100.3 Accepts unverified sign-ups, gives chance to opt out
127.3.100.5 Has opt-in confirmation mechanism 127.3.100.6 Has and uses opt-in confirmation mechanism
127.3.100.10 All mailing list mail is confirmed opt-in
Hmm.. this is loads of fun if you're running a Listserv that has several thousand lists defined, and not all of them have the same policies (for instance, although the vast majority of our lists are 'confirmed opt-in', we have several lists that are bulk-loaded with database extracts for "captive audience" lists such as "all freshmen", "all grad students", and so on). Also, the pricing seems a bit whacked - are you *really* expecting sites that have less than 30 customers to pay $200/month? I know a *lot* of people who have formed collectives of 10-15 people who chip in and get a 1U at a colo.... It's totally unclear how you can encode an "individual" listing - that whole "stuff to the left of the @ sign" thing is rather unhandy... I'll skip the estimates of the cash flow generated if the database gets big enough to be useful, but I suspect that Verisign might have competition....