[epub] Re: Swearing down the subscribe box

["Paul Myers" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> In the space of a week I got about a dozen "subscribe"
> requests come through with crude messages included as the
> name of the "subscriber" or within the eMail address. Lasted
> for about 4 days.
> 
> Anyone else come across this weirdness?

Yup. All the time.

It's especially common with pay per subscriber services, but I 
get it through my site occasionally, too.

Morons, usually using someone else's address, hoping you'll 
mail merge the vulgarities into a message to the people whose 
addresses were forged.

Make sure they're not subscribed, and forget about them.

Anything that has the words spam, chick, gurl, cutie, death, 
dude, dewd, 69, or a bunch of other patterns gets pulled 
before I even start eyeballing the addresses at this point.

This might not be appropriate for general consumer lists. I 
run a fairly serious business list, so there's more concern 
about those folks.

Yes, I probably lose a small number of legit subscribers that 
way. I also keep the problem children (literally and 
figuratively) off the list with this approach.

I don't take people too seriously businesswise when I see 
usernames like "hotchick69" or "deathknight2000."


Paul

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