I'm not suggesting that at all AND I'm not "whining." There are much more effective ways to block spam than server filtering and blackhole lists. Check out...
Bill Wilson
iiaavu@...
Jun 6, 2003 9:56 pm
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I'm going to take a purist standpoint... something I rarely do, but hear me out, as I do justify my position. Spam has been compared to a disease many times...
chales@...
Jun 9, 2003 5:48 pm
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... Then this approach would only work for individuals who run their own mail servers and not any decently sized company. Administering mail alone is a tough...
Please don't take my comments as an aversion on admins...God knows, you guys have a tough enough job. Our IT department fights this battle daily. The filters...
Bill Wilson
iiaavu@...
Jun 9, 2003 5:53 pm
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The filtering and permissions are done at the work station level, not at the server level, but I agree that there's still work to be done. Still, blackhole...
Bill Wilson
iiaavu@...
Jun 9, 2003 6:02 pm
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BT blocked by spam blacklist "Dangerously misconfigured, insecure or abuseable servers" the cause of the problem... Despite maintaining a strong anti-spam...
BBC News Monday J9 June, 2003 BT tackles spam blacklist BTopenworld has responded to being put on a spam blacklist by tweaking its servers in a move it hopes...
When spam filters go bad By Laura Miller June 19, 2003 Salon.com Trying to block junk mail, my cable modem company installed a system that prevented me from...
I wanted to pass this on because I was not getting my mail on AOL and my mother was not getting all of her mail on MSN. I have an opt in online newsletter, and...
kimberlee@...
Jun 24, 2003 7:03 pm
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seems as though mr. gates thinks "smart filtering" efforts will help. sounds like they are training their current filters which we all adore oh so much, to...
Hello Group, I am affiliated with the University of Oregon. I have several long on-going e-mail relationships with people met online. For several of these,...
... messages addressed to us blocked even before they reach bulk mail? hey lee- good question. i personally don't use hotmail or yahoo for anything *but*...
List-News.com WASHINGTON -- Consumers who signed up online for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's do-not-call registry using Yahoo! Mail accounts found the...
Which proves the point that blacklists are a bit more peculiar about what gets filtered. I honestly believe that you can't use AI to filter out spam to the...
Hello, I'm a newsletter publisher and manager of the @iunctura.com domain. My IP address was included in a block of addresses listed in spews.org. While my...
Backlist-based solutions are a pathetic answer to the spam problem. Why? Because they are not maintained in a timely manner, are extremely dynamic in nature,...
Joe Halbrook
inquiries@...
Jul 14, 2003 10:43 pm
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I tried to email this person to point out that whitelisting didn't work, along with some specific examples of why. And he bounced it with a challenge response....
Laura Atkins
laura@...
Jul 15, 2003 8:45 pm
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Joe, JH> Whitelist-based solutions are the only way to go. JH> "Everything is unwanted email - unless I say it isn't by JH> whitelisting it." It costs you a...
Tim Jones
list@...
Jul 15, 2003 8:46 pm
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... Whitelists aren't a workable solution for business. Pretty much by definition most of the email you want the most (from new/potential customers) comes...
Stephen Booth
stephen@...
Jul 15, 2003 8:48 pm
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Could a 'do not spam' list really stop spammers? http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci915849,00.html?Exclusive=True By...
Marketers who rely on e-mail are getting zapped by aggressive new spam filters. To circumvent them, some companies are going retro, others super techno By:...
The article starts: "For Jodie Gastel, it seemed like a perfect marketing opportunity. The Victoria, B.C., entrepreneur, founder of the online gift service ...
[Excerpt] Didn't Get E-Mail? That Could Be Spam's Fault, Too Vigilant Blockers Toss Out The Good With the Bad Artist Misses Own Show By Mylene Mangalindan The...
If you didn't receive email you requested, ask your provider why not. Be prepared to provide some detail of course, so they can look it up in their systems....
Charles Chappell
chales@...
Sep 24, 2003 8:58 pm
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Here's an amusing correspondence I am having with AOL & Yahoo Groups regarding AOL's screening of so-called "Spam."..... Subject: Issues Regarding Yahoo...
... Still sounds like you're getting a generic answer from AOL, rather than one that shows they've read your message, especially when they ask you for ...