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Number : 7137 Date : 2004-02-03 Author : Joseph Maddison Subject : Re: emails going wild Size(KB) : 2
> I also suggest turning off the "send a challenge email" feature until you= 've populated your whitelist sufficiently. Newletter authors really *hate* challenge/response. They do not have enough= hours in the day to respond to them, so their subscribers complain they aren't getting their newsletter... > SpamCop provides a similar useful spam-removal service, but (a) it costs = money; (b) part of its purpose is to help > you report spam properly, and if you don't do this you're "freeloading" o= ff those who do (because it knows what's > spam at least partly based on the reports of other users). a) $30/year - less per mailbox if you have more than one account with them = (I filter my mother's account as well as my own). b) SpamCop has options to delete, whitelist, or report spam you receive dep= ending on what you select. Its reporting has the option to not send your reports out of SpamCop, because spammers ca= n have hidden codes to know which email got to a live person... I've *never* gotten any pressure to report spam-- it's actually more effect= ive for me to just delete my held mail after scanning it for important stuff. As far as I am c= oncerned, it's great. For people that need to catch emails from potential buyers, etc., it's not so good. Joseph Maddison Minneapolis, MN > > Email accounts at usa.net also have useful spam-tagging capabilities; aga= in, it's not free. You'd need to get an > account, and have your mail forwarded there; then pick up the mail from u= sa.net > > 0spam is quite easy. I don't know how they can afford to make it free --= though it's certainly nice that they do. > > At 06:31 PM 1/28/2004, Kan Yabumoto wrote (in part) > > >About a half of my time is consumed with the virus > >related chores... > > > >So, please don't expect my active participation in > >the discussion until things are under control. > > > >I'm interested in hearing how other people are coping > >with this latest outbreak of Novarg and MyDoom. > > > >Kan Yabumoto > > > J. Merrill / Analytical Software Corp > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe eMail to: > Or to post a message, send eMail to > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xxcopy/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > xxcopy-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >
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