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Irrelevant. That the possibility for an email client to be so configured that it would AUTOMATICALLY process a false positive validation, makes this system utt
by noobiscus 15y ago
Irrelevant.
That the possibility for an email client to be so configured that it would AUTOMATICALLY process a false positive validation, makes this system utterly unusable for any developer with a [brain|conscience].
- mseebach 15y agoNo, I do think it is relevant. If the purpose of the validation is simply validation, then what you call a false positive isn't actually false, as the e-mail address evidently was valid. Including a very clear "I did not ask for this" link in the e-mail would allow false positives to undo any damage done. Just because a technology can be used for bad (and this one is indeed - anyone auto-loading images in e-mail will be flooded with spam for that exact reason) it does not imply that any use of the technology is bad.