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

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

The spam filtering is applied at our Elecraft list host, qth.net, and is 
not under our control.

It is absolutely needed. Without it we have had literally hundreds of 
spammers 'subscribe' to the list and attempt to post. We still see the 
attempts here daily.

In general, if you get a bounce message, please forward it to me and 
I'll ask qth.net about it.

73, Eric



Julian G4ILO wrote:
> On 7/9/07, Thom LaCosta <lacosta at bcpl.net> wrote:
>>
>> > This mailing list's spam filter has blocked 3 attempts by me to reply
>> > to this thread. I think spam filters are more likely to be blame for
>> > the lack of communication being complained of than any failings at
>> > Elecraft.
>>
>> 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.
>
> 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.