[CW] Status of Earthlink vs ARRL

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

ARRL did not originate the message, someone picked up the n3drk@arrl.net
address.

You're not receiving messages that are addressed to ARRL.net anymore, so
those SPAM messages aren't reaching you.

But they still exist.

Post your new address on a web site - and you will receive spam within a
week or so.

Someone posted a link to my web page and also my email address on a Russian
language page.

I now receive RUSSIAN language spam.

This has nothing to do with ARRL.net.

73

DR
----- Original Message -----
From: "n3drk" <n3drk@triad.rr.com>
To: "David J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@arrl.net>; "Fred Adsit" <ny2v@earthlink.net>;
<cw@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [CW] Status of Earthlink vs ARRL


> About a two months ago I changed my email forwarding service from arrl.net
> to my own domain name email forwarding service. Prior to this move I was
> receiving over 100 spam emails a day. Now I am lucky if I get 2 a week.
And
> that is no exaggeration.
>
> john
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@arrl.net>
> To: "Fred Adsit" <ny2v@earthlink.net>; <cw@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 11:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [CW] Status of Earthlink vs ARRL
>
>
> > Dear Fred,
> >
> > What is interesting about this reply is that they are saying that ARRL
> does
> > not "block" spam.
> >
> > That isn't ARRL's job.
> >
> > My ISP doesn't block SPAM either - but they mark it with [SPAM].
> >
> > I don't want my mail blocked.
> >
> > BUT THIS IS THE REAL STRANGE THING:
> >
> > In the case of arrl.net, this is due to the fact that the
> > administrators of arrl.net have chosen to take a completely hands
> > off position in the fight against spam, doing nothing to prevent
> > the unsolicited e-mail that is originally addressed to users in
> > that domain from being propagated throughout the rest of the
> > Internet.
> >
> > Ask them:  "How is "unsolicited e-mail that is originally addressed to
> users
> > in
> > that domain from being propagated throughout the rest of the Internet"?
> >
> > ARRL has NO control over email that originates elsewhere and is sent to
> > someone with an ARRL.net (domain) address.
> >
> > But are they trying to say in some strange way that email that is SPAM
> after
> > it is addressed - for example - to me, get propagated through the
> internet?
> >
> > I don't think so.
> >
> > That's impossible.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > DR
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Fred Adsit" <ny2v@earthlink.net>
> > To: <Kenwood@mailman.qth.net>; <cw@mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 9:02 AM
> > Subject: [CW] Status of Earthlink vs ARRL
> >
> >
> > > Dear Fred Adsit,
> > >
> > > Thank you for your reply.
> > >
> > > We understand your concern regarding the the AARL email forwarding
> > > service.
> > >
> > > We apologize for the confusion caused by the mail you may have
> > > received from arrl.net.  In this mail they have made several
> > > misrepresentations, such as the statement that EarthLink is
> > > blocking all mail from arrl.net.  This is not the case.  Neither
> > > is their assertion that this department claimed they were an open
> > > relay.
> > >
> > > In truth, arrl.net's servers have periodically triggered
> > > automated "self-defense" mechanisms on our mail servers.  These
> > > temporary blocks are triggered not simply by high volumes of
> > > unsolicited e-mail, but disproportionately high ratios of spam to
> > > legitimate mail.
> > >
> > > In the case of arrl.net, this is due to the fact that the
> > > administrators of arrl.net have chosen to take a completely hands
> > > off position in the fight against spam, doing nothing to prevent
> > > the unsolicited e-mail that is originally addressed to users in
> > > that domain from being propagated throughout the rest of the
> > > Internet.
> > >
> > > While the EarthLink Abuse department does not maintain this
> > > particular process and has no control over it, we have explained,
> > > in great depth and detail, the cause of the problem and what
> > > steps can be taken to prevent these blocks in the future.
> > >
> > > In summary, the ability to prevent these temporary blocks from
> > > being triggered lies completely within the control of arrl.net.
> > > Further questions about how they choose to run their services and
> > > the resulting issues should be referred directly to
> > > <bshelley@arrl.org> and/or <bgmiller@nframe.com>, who make the
> > > decisions about the administration of arrl.net's servers.
> > > [ Sidebar is archived at
https://playbook.corp.earthlink.net/corplists ]
> > >
> > >
> > > Please feel free to contact us, we are always here to assist you.
> > >
> > > Karri R.
> > > Earthlink Electronic Customer Support
> > > EarthLink, Inc.
> > >
> > > CSR ID#: 2790
> > > Case ID 31479558
> > >
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