On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 11:25:18 -0500 John Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Use of the word "unsubscribe" - the inclusion of an email address in the > body of a message and other such things that we accept in use on the > list will get a reasonably high "spam" score from things like > SPAMASSASSIN. > > I have the same problem with emails I send to an e-zine list > (participants have to re opt-in every three months!) seems that > SPAMANOIA has taken over and much legitimate, even requested, email is > being filtered out. In this case, unsubscribe in the subject, not the body, triggers a message to the individual which should help him unsubscribe without annoying the rest of us with the clueless request. It's not a spam filter, just a filter rule that was added after we got about a dozen similar requests in a week. It was *slightly* humorous to see the fifth or so 'reply-to-all' with all the unsubscribe instructions in the quoted text. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age.
