OT: Was: Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

[Gilles Gravier]

Hi!

Bhavani Shankar R wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net
> <mailto:kassube at gmx.net>> wrote:
>
>     Paige Thompson wrote:
>     > I blame the list, this email never should have gotten to here.
>
>     What? You let linkedin send spam to everybody in your addressbook on
>     your behalf and  instead of sending an apology you blame the list for
>     receiving your junk?
>
>
> +1 piage.. If the list is moderated well it wouldnt have got in......

Just a bit of administration detail here... Most well administered lists
are configured to not receive mail if it doesn't come from a registered
member.

Thing is... when you send a LinkedIn invite, it comes from your e-mail
address. So list filters let it go in.

You don't start configuring your mailing list for blacklists of words in
subject lines or bodies of messages or else you might end up blocking
somebody's legitimate mail discussing, say, access to LinkedIn
web-site's Javascript features from Firefox on Ibex...

So the list COULDN'T block a LinkedIn invitation even if it was (it is)
configured to not let non members send.

Gilles.