2. An easily amused individual repeatedly fills in an auto responder form on your web-site with fake names and email addresses, causing corresponding email to bounce like a rubber ball all over cyber-space. Meanwhile, his IP address is happily captured by auto responder numerous times. Making it easy to identify and report.

1. An individual sends angry email to newsletter address requesting immediate removal from list. They never requested newsletter. You, like me, run a double opt-in list. The only way for any one to receive a copy of newsletter is to personally enter their name and email address on a form on website or send an email to listserver. Then, they will receive a confirmation email, which they must answer, to be added to list. You, like me, do not personally sign up individuals. But, you bite your tongue or delete expletives in your mind and manually remove email address from your list when they could have easily removed their email address by clicking on unsubscribe link included in every issue. (But that would require ability to click a link and perhaps a fully formed thumb.)

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