[SOC] Trans.: [QSL-Net] FYI

[Ray Goff]

I had this fight with an Anti-SPAM organisation and lost and I should have been
the recipient of the alleged SPAM.

Basically, they determine SPAM on the basis of the IP address that what they
consider to be a SPAM message came from.

If you are an ISP who provides a dial-up connection and that dial-up connection
is used for SPAMing, then that particular IP address will be blocked.

I ended up in the ludicrous position that somebody could email me provided that
the dialled in at the right time of the day/night. One IP address (at least) on
their ISP was blocked as a source of SPAM. If the sender unhappily ended up with
that address, I did not get the email. If he happened to get a different
address, the I did - all down to DHCP! The publisher of the Anti-SPAM list
wanted a small fortune donated to their favourite charity to unblock the IP
address.

I contacted the publisher of the Anti-SPAM list to point out the stupidity of
the situation, but they could not even be bothered to reply. In the end, I
arranged for my ISP to remove that Anti-SPAM list from my email account.

73

Ray, G4FON


> -----Original Message-----
> From: soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On
> Behalf Of Nick Yokanovich
> Sent: 07 December 2004 14:46
> To: Second Class Operators' Club
> Subject: Re: [SOC] Trans.: [QSL-Net] FYI
>
>
> Yes, second class all the way.  Al lets me receive his e-mails, and I
> can ftp to our club web page and donate to him using PayPal, but I can't
> send him e-mail because my ISP is owned by an alleged spam outfit.
>
> Nick K3NY
> SOC 348
>
> SOC HQ wrote:
>
> > FYI
> >
> > 73/72!
> >
> > The unknown SOC Secretary
> >
>
> >    Date : Fri, 03 Dec 2004 16:48:04
> >      De : Al Waller K3TKJ <k3tkj at qsl.net>
> >
> > This will go out to all users sometime tonight. I would appreciate your
> > help getting the word out on your lists also.
> >
> > 73. Al
> >
>
>
>
>
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