So by omitting a small ISP such as mine, but allowing hotmail/MSN
spam in, is the correct way to respond? Simplistic approach (but
it IS AOL).
Matt Murray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Burgess, John (EDS)" <John.Burgess@RailAmerica.com>
To: "'Matt Murray'" <mattm@optonline.net>; "Erik Van-der-Mey"
<autox@webcentrix.net>
Cc: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:35 AM
Subject: RE: Those of you using AOL
> Ditto on putting the heat on your ISP. Blacklists don't use
"email
> addresses" as they are commonly forged when the message is
spam.
> Blacklists use server IP addresses which clearly indicates the
mail server
> that has forwarded the spam. Blacklists are legitimate spam
blocking tools
> and the only way to put the heat on spam friendly ISP's.
>
> --John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-autox@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Matt Murray
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:33 AM
> > To: Erik Van-der-Mey
> > Cc: autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Those of you using AOL
> >
> >
> > Unless, of course, the optonline addresses are forged.
> > Optonline is pretty pro-active towards spamming. From a
> > simple task, I can only send no more than 50 email addresses
> > per email. Certainly can be worked around, but people do that
> > with other ISPs. Since Cablevision is the provider for a few
> > million subs, it is a bit unwieldy to block us. I could also
> > say, yahoo, msn, Comcast, and the like also appear in spam
> > addresses, so optonline isn't only in this regard. (BTW, not
> > flaming, just discussing points, and optonline may well be a
> > source of spam/UCE)
> >
> > Matt Murray
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