i think i slept too much. or the boxbe thing just doesnt like me. hehehehe.never got any... at least for now. boink. =)
On Dec 12, 2007 8:41 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/8/07, hard wyrd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Recently, I've made posts on the list regarding certain topics and > > announcements. However, as a result of those posts, I've received > > notifications from the Boxbe service that my "email" could not be > delivered > > to that specific list subscriber because I need to confirm if I am > "human" > > or not. Perhaps this is an "anti-spam" service? I'm not sure. But one > thing > > I found is that the Boxbe notifications are starting to get really > annoying. > > I'll be adding mail filters to junk Boxbe notifications to my Inbox. > > > > Lastly, I do not have to confirm to Boxbe if I'm human. Why? We're on > the > > friggin mailing list with a moderated first post. Another so called web > > service worthy of a place in my junk list. > > > > Hmnn... got the same notification as well. > > I think that people subscribed to boxbe should completely block emails > coming from mailing lists or unsubscribe to boxbe if they wish to > continue to receive mails from mailing lists. > > When we post to mailing lists we post to everyone subscribed to the > list, we have no intention of sending a personal mail. If posters > desire to do so, posters surely know how to get your private email so > the poster can get in touch with you personally, then this is where > your boxbe subscription will come in handy. > > I only received a few verification request from boxbe yet I'm annoyed. > I understand how much of an annoyance it would be for frequent > posters. > > If boxbe subscribers are using gmail I'm certain that they would see > no need to subcribe to boxbe as gmail filters can pretty much to the > job of filtering out unwanted mails. Maybe it does not work for > everyone, but it works for me. I've got several filters that sorts out > my emails while gmail's spam filter filters out hundreds of spam a > week for me. And like hardwyrd, I'm filtering out all human > verification requests from boxbe. > > Boxbe could, for all we know, be probably gathering a lot of valid > emails to spam to. I hope not. Maybe they wouldn't that but if their > database is compromised it's thousands of valid email there to spam. > _________________________________________________ > Kagay-Anon Linux Users' Group (KLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (http://cdo.linux.org.ph) > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- -- Live free. Love free. http://mungkey.deviantart.com http://www.coroflot.com/mungkey
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