Hello Michael, One quick question before this gets too off topic, what email server are you using as a base?
Thanks, Mike Randolph At 07:31 PM 5/30/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Do a search in the archives for Spam and my name. I write all my own spam >filters for HoF and they're better than just about anything out there (without >using RBLs). Yes, that's ego speaking but I've just finished processing >another >2000 spam messages into my DB and I'm feeling good. :) >You can also see the current spam reports on www.houseoffusion.com/spam >The ones in the pending still have to have their domains and/or owners hunted >down for reporting, but you can get a good idea of what's going on. I used to >show the subjects as well, but it got waaaaay to long for effectiveness. Maybe >in the future I'll expand the view to show all spam from a particular IP. > >As an aside here, I've searched through every HoF post that's gone through >and I >believe that this new rule is valid. It is: >If an email FROM has a blank name portion within double quotes, then the >message >is spam. The reason for this is that any mail client will send either >something >within the double quotes or no double quotes at all. >"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - spam >"" [EMAIL PROTECTED] - spam >"a" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Not spam >Just to be sure, I'll be assigning this a rating of .9 (almost spam) in my >system. If/When I see that this is 100% true, it'll be assigned a rating of 1 >(spam). > > > Hello Michael, > > > > Spam is such a huge issue on the internet...I completely understand where > > your coming from. We just went to a fully opt in list and it went from > > 16,000 thousand to like a thousand people. We were sending 16X more crap > > than anyone wanted! Sales wasn't happy about it but we felt it was the > > right thing to do. The thing I hate about spam is the business > > correspondence that gets lost in the sea of spam. I'd be interested to hear > > some of the better ideas you've seen to handle this at a server > > level...besides the boycott method...like spews.org which tends to > > interfere with legitimate email too much for my needs. > > > > Best Regards, > > Mike Randolph > > > > > > At 06:17 PM 5/30/2003 -0400, you wrote: > > >OK, this is not what I wanted. I just got an email from Edge Web Hosting. >They > > >addressed me as customer (nope, not me) and asked me to vote for them. Now > > >here's the choices: > > >They got my address from the list and spammed me to drive their vote up. > > >They got my address from CFDJ and spammed me to drive their vote up. > > >They got my address from Teratech and spammed me to drive their vote up. > > >They got my address from my site and spammed me to drive their vote up. > > >Do you see a pattern here. No matter how they got my non-customer address, > > >they're spamming me. You all know my anti-spam attitudes and this is not > > >the way > > >to get on my good side. > > >As a side note, the bandwidth for the lists and all HoF resources is > > >donated by > > >CFHosting who also happens to be running. Looks like I may actually go > in and > > >vote now. > > > > > > Dear Edge Web Hosting Customer, > > > > > >We need your help! > > > > > >The voting has started for the 2003 Cold Fusion Readers Choice Awards. > All of > > >the staff here at Edge Web Hosting works > > >very hard throughout the year to ensure that you receive service that is > > >second > > >to none. Now, we are asking for your > > >help. > > >......... > > > > > >Michael Dinowitz > > >Master of the House of Fusion > > >http://www.houseoffusion.com > > >The largest ColdFusion mailing lists around, where the community comes to > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
