On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 03:51:22AM -0400, Nick Simicich wrote:
> Topica is in the process of being added to a number of blocklists, and I am 
> unsure if this is the issue at Verizon. (At least, this is the way I 
> interpret the discussion on SPAM-L).  If there was a bounce available, 

Is that [EMAIL PROTECTED] , or something else?  I've been
looking for another mailing list pertinent to list hosting providers,
particularly those hosting large lists.  Any recommendations?

> seeing it might help.  Feel free to e-mail it to me privately.

There's no bounce, it's just a "connection refused" from 
relay.verizon.net (their MXer).

> However, there may well be some escalation blacklisting regarding 
> topica.  They have had some large number of lists with spamtrap addresses 
> signed up onto their service and they have not vetted them well.  They also 
> have some subsidiary who is more, shall we say, oriented to delivering less 
> solicited mail, and that subsidiary delivers from the same servers.

Hmmmm.  Is their subsidiary that e-publisher.com (or something like
that)?  I'm just curious.

> So, if I was looking for uninterrupted service and my mailing list was
> actually opt-in, I would go
> elsewhere for mailing list service.

The issue I emailed about is not a list I have at Topica.  It's with
some of our servers.

Omar


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