Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 21:08:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@artlogix.com> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: <-- NOT A SPAMMER Message-ID: <20020804210422.W81329-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <86ado3f9l2.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com>
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On 3 Aug 2002, Ken McGlothlen wrote: > I'm guessing it's due to the message you sent out earlier with a subject line > of "URGENT RECOMMENDATION", which is used by a large percentage of Nigerian > scammers. It probably tripped antispam filters all over. Even I thought it I don't want to live in a world where typing a subject all in caps gets you listed as a spammer! How about one of the other eighteen-million other schemes being used where people *report* spam (or the smtp's used to transmit such spam) to a realtime blocking list such as www.mail-abuse.org or www.spamcop.net or another... Just think how quickly in a perfect world spam could be blocked! > was probably spam at first glance; as it was, it was a valuable enough > recommendation that I saved it. :) Hehe. > I've written a short note on your behalf to the contact form at voytech.com; we'll see what they say. Why thank you. > Actually, Interland is one of the most unethical ISPs in the Western Hemisphere. You might want to consider moving to a different one at some point. If anyone knows a provider that hosts on *NIX for about $15-30 a month and allows sftp and POP3s (port 995) on shared hosting please post! I'm considering dumping Interland. -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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