[Elecraft] Simple-minded SPAM filters vs. list participation

[Ian Stirling]

On Wednesday 15 March 2006 15:29, Mike Morrow wrote:

> Please...if you are requesting help, don't insult me by expecting me to jump through these idiotic processes that say, in effect, that your time is more valuable than mine.

Mike,

 You have a 'Reply To' in your postings' headers that
directs a reply to your email address rather than the list
address, as do many people here.
  It can be a problem if the responder doesn't notice
this, especially if the email address is an autoresponder.

  I use a white list email filter on my local computer and
no 'catch all' mailboxes at my domains.
 It's much easier to teach filters to recognize good email
than try to identify spam.
  All messages are directed to the spam box and land there
unless the filter sees them as good.

  For elecraft related email, I look for two header lines.
If 'X-Original-To' contains elecraft at mailman, the email
goes to my elecraft list box. If not, and [Elecraft] is on
the 'To' line, someone has written to me directly and it
is directed to my elecraft private reply box.

  If someone writes to me directly without some key, such
as [Elecraft] on the 'To' line, or my name on the 'To' line,
(spammers collect only email addresses) it lands in the
spam box. I look at everything in the spam box and if I see
something good, I add it to the filters.

 I use more robust methods, filtering on 'Return-Path'
or others that are not easily forged, for sites that
are frequently forged by scammers and spammers.

  I won't fill in web forms to contact anyone.
I have registered with sites that are free, but only
to purchase online.
  If I have to register to look at a file, even if
registering is free, I go without it or look somewhere else.

Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962
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