[Elecraft] Re: Spam filters WAS "We are not talking about a small amount of money"

[Thom LaCosta]

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Julian G4ILO wrote:

>> 
>> How do you know that?  Did you get a message saying it was blocked?  Was 
>> there a
>> reason?
>
> Yes, I did get a bounce message back to say that my reply "looked like
> spam". Why a legitimate reply-to from a registered list member should
> be considered spam I have no idea, but I've complained before about
> the brain-dead QTH.NET system and got nowhere, so let's not go there.

Ah...I suppose the brain-dead anti-spam system at QTH.NET didn't identify 
itself?

I recently added so anti-spam protection to my server, plus giving the users the 
ability to add more spam protection...and it "explains" why someone gets their 
mail blocked.

So far, I haven't gotten any emails asking me to unblock any IP or address.

>
> Most spam filters just silently drop the email, so the first a vendor
> knows about it is when an irate customer complains they didn't get
> what they ordered.

Yep...that's why I have my system st to explain why the mail is bounced....the 
bad news is that with so much spam...the notification messages may go to unreal 
addresses...and of course they get bounced.

Thom,EIEIO
Email, Internet, Electronic Information Officer
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