[Elecraft] Is it just me?

[Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT]

It's not just you.  I never bother to click on the link.  The filter is 
too intrusive.

At the same time, I'm a strong advocate of replying to list messages 
through the list -- off-list answers never show in the archives and are 
never available to the list in general.

73 -- Lynn

On 1/25/2017 11:38 AM, Jim Rhodes wrote:
> When I get an email like this when I reply to a message on a forum like
> this I get the impression that someone just wants to be heard but doesn't
> want to hear. Also when I tried the link it said my message had already
> been deleted, in 12 hours, not 3 weeks? Guess who goes in my spam folder
> from now on.
>
>
> "Hello jimk0xu at gmail.com,
>
> ** IMPORTANT! Please Read! **
> In an effort to reduce spam, a message filtering service called TMDA has
> been implemented on this mailbox.
>
> The purpose of this message is to verify that you, a live human, did indeed
> sent a message (shown below) to this mailbox.
>
> It is IMPORTANT that you do one of the following two things:
>
>
> 1. Simply reply to THIS message (you don't need to type anything, just send
>     a blank message), or
>
> 2. Click on this link: http://mail.XXXXXXXXXXXXX.com/cgi-bin/tmda.cgi?516.
> 1485328250.19060.e143c1
> <http://mail.audiosystemsgroup.com/cgi-bin/tmda.cgi?516.1485328250.19060.e143c1>
>
>
> After doing so, your messages will go through automatically, and you will
> not see this message again.  If you do not reply to this email within three
> weeks, your original message may be lost.
>
> Thank you for your patience.  This one small step saves this user from a ton
> of spam."
>