[SEL] Remove us from your list

[bill at antique-engines.com]

Question - since this list and many others require an email confirmation,
how would someone get joined?
I know that last night I got one of those "Welcome to our list" messages
and it required that I click a link within that message to confirm and if
I did nothing for 48 hours, it would abort and I'd not be signed up.
That was a list I did not sign up for - but the time and IP address of the
person who was supposed to be me was listed at the bottom of their email,
with my email address.
The addy was right, the IP address was for NY, the time, yes, I was on the
computer, but my IP address wasn't even close.
So since I needed to reply or click a link to confirm and I did not,
supposedly I'm not in, but in the past month I've found myself inundated
with lists and spam that states I recently signed up for the message or to
be on their list.
How can anyone be joined to THIS list since it requires a confirmation and
the confirmation would supposedly go to the email of the person being
"spammed".
How could anyone like a spammer or jerk sign up someone for this list that
didn't want to be on this list - how did that person get on this
list!???!!??! Perhaps this list is not hack-proof??

Rob?
Anyone?

Bill


> At 07:00 PM 31/10/2006, you wrote:
>>Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:33:22 -0000
>>From: "Jim French" <fbi at insulate.co.uk>
>>Subject: Re: [SEL] Remove us from your list
>>
>>Lyle,
>>
>>It's not as if these people asked NICELY.  It's not as if any of US are
>> at
>>fault for subscribing them to the list, and it's not as if any of us can
>> do
>>anything to REMOVE them from the list.
>>Most of us know it's not easy to get on the list in the first place, but
>> the
>>fact is that information on how to unsubscribe is accessible at the
>> bottom
>>of every single mail.  If people who've "accidently" found themselves
>> here,
>>and don't like it, want to leave, there's no need to flout their
>> ignorance
>>and rudely demand removal.  It's nothing to do with understanding the
>>workings of a computer, it's to do with the ability to read and
>> understand
>>simple English, and basic good manners.
>>
>>Dolly
>
> Very well said Dolly, especially the bit about "basic good manners" !
>
>
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