John Leslie writes: > Paul Vixie <vixie@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > the principle i've always followed is that > > "all communications must be by mutual consent" > > ... > > Excellent principle, Paul. I'd like to put it at the head of the > list. Ok, I'm dense. How do I meaningfully consent to somebody for which I have no a priori information about their consentworthiness? I mean, I can blackhole them after the fact, but until I have some information to inform my consent, I'm not sure what this principle buys you. Mike