There several such programs that people implement to reduce "spam".
Like Roger, I just delete anything I get like that. Occasionally I hear from someone (one is a relative) who asks why I never responded. I just tell them my response was killed by their spam filter. That is true. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger D Johnson Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 12:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Is it just me? I immediately delete such messages! It may be genuine but it sure looks like a troll looking to see if it's a "live" email address. 73, Roger On 1/25/2017 2:38 PM, Jim Rhodes wrote: > When I get an email like this when I reply to a message on a forum > like this I get the impression that someone just wants to be heard but > doesn't want to hear. Also when I tried the link it said my message > had already been deleted, in 12 hours, not 3 weeks? Guess who goes in > my spam folder from now on. > > > "Hello [email protected], > > ** IMPORTANT! Please Read! ** > In an effort to reduce spam, a message filtering service called TMDA > has been implemented on this mailbox. > > The purpose of this message is to verify that you, a live human, did > indeed sent a message (shown below) to this mailbox. > > It is IMPORTANT that you do one of the following two things: > > > 1. Simply reply to THIS message (you don't need to type anything, just send > a blank message), or > > 2. Click on this link: http://mail.XXXXXXXXXXXXX.com/cgi-bin/tmda.cgi?516. > 1485328250.19060.e143c1 > <http://mail.audiosystemsgroup.com/cgi-bin/tmda.cgi?516.1485328250.190 > 60.e143c1> > > > After doing so, your messages will go through automatically, and you > will not see this message again. If you do not reply to this email > within three weeks, your original message may be lost. > > Thank you for your patience. This one small step saves this user from > a ton of spam." > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
