ISP Spam filtering (Re: [Dx4win] Registration still not received:)

Fri, 7 Feb 2003 16:24:43 -0000

----- Original Message -----
From: "NR1DX" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 1:55 PM
Subject: ISP Spam filtering (Re: [Dx4win] Registration still not received:)


> At 08:35 AM 2/7/03 -0500, Pete Smith wrote:
> >At 07:18 AM 2/7/03 -0600, Bruce wrote:
> >
> >>I still see spots where people have received their email registration
> >>with 24 hours.  Mine has not shown up after 10 days.  What is going
> >>on???  My bank cleared the VISA transaction over 8 days ago!!
> >
> >Bruce, I presume your message will get the desired response from
> >Steve.  It sure sounds like a clerical error.  Keep in mind he's only one
> >guy, has a real job too, and has probably been swamped since the new
> >release went out.
> >
> >Another ominous possibility -- my ISP recently proudly announced that it
> >is "helping" me handle SPAM by filtering based on sites of origin.  No
> >info on how they choose those sites, but they said they stopped 43
percent
> >of all e-mail during a recent test.  43 percent!  I get a lot of SPAM,
but
> >not that much.  It seemed likely to me that they are stopping some stuff
I
> >want, so I opted out of the filtering.
>
> Pete
>
> My (former) ISP did the same thing, except they never bothered to tell me
> they were doing it, I lost two consulting contracts and as a result I
> changed ISP's and am suing the former one. This is a growing trend among
> ISP's because the Spam clogs up their server capacity (not because they
> "care" about you). While I think Spam and Phone solicitation should be
> outlawed it is not the place of the service providers to decide who you
get
> email from. It amounts to the same thing as the phone company screening
> your calls
>
> Dave H
>
>
> >73, Pete N4ZR
> >The World HF Contest Station Database was updated 1 Feb 03.
> >Are you current? www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
> >
> >
> >
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> Dave
> NR1DX
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>
> "A man who picks a cat up by the tail learns a lesson he can learn no
other
> way" .... Mark Twain
>
How many did you catch Mark ?........Ha Ha !..( this one goes right into my
notes )

Jos


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