Re: leaky lists, was The introduction problem

>> When spammers steal lists that were actually opted-in to, they'll steal
>> the keys along with them.
>
>And from that criminal act they will get to send one volley of spam to the users of that list (assuming that they can
>convincingly forge the sending path) before the user invalidates the key. The users will learn which companies or
>services are not sufficiently protecting their resources and the advertisers using the spammer service will have their
>name associated with the specific criminal act to which they may face prosecution along with or instead of the spammer.

A certain number of us use unique addresses whenever we sign up for a
list, and there are clear patterns about who leaks and who doesn't.
See recent posts on my blog at http://jl.ly.  I can't see any evidence
that places that leak pay any penalty for it.

R's,
John