At 10:48 PM 9/19/2002 -0400, Jeff Dougherty wrote the following: >Do any of you know if Earthlink/Mindspring has implemented software to block >traffic from certain ISP's?
No blocking by Earthlink or Mindspring. However, the reverse is not always true. Earthlink more than once has been blocked and appears frequently on RBL (Realtime Blackhole List http://mail-abuse.org/rbl/). Earthlink has installed a filtering system (Spaminator) that attempts to capture and trap spam messages before they appear in your Earthlink mailbox. It works to some degree but I still see about 7-10 junk messages per day. Currently I have 116 queued in my spam storage. I just let them build and self-delete after the default 10 days. http://www.earthlink.net/home/tools/epa/spaminator/spamfaq/index.html >Certain lists I am on, I am not receiving email for. I know there are some >ISP's >that have started blocking other ISP's and domains listed as blacklisted >for SPAM >content. Any ISP that subscribes to MAPS (Mail Abuse Prevention System http://mail-abuse.org/) will have mail from specific domains blocked until the blocked domain is removed from RBL. >I also wonder, if they do, if they can still block email that I may >download in >Outlook Express? >The thing is, I will see the emails on web mail, but when I download in >Outlook >Express, they do not show up. Usually this is due to a misconfigured OE. Most web mail sites use POP protocol so OE has to use the POP mail addresses rather than the standard SMTP mail addresses that your ISP uses. You must configure OE for each mail service. In my case, I have 4 OE configurations: Earthlink, Eskimo, Yahoo, and Hotmail. For example see Configuring POP Accounts in Yahoo Mail http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/ext/ext-07.html >Also, do domain hosts have this capability? I know domain hosts can block >attachments, but I didn't think they can block other domains or ISP's. If the domain host allows you the user to run procmail or other programs to control your mail, then the answer is yes. In fact, most hosting ISPs that allow shell users allow the use of procmail for mail filtering. If you use procmail (like me) then you can filter mail by domain and also use RBL recipe. -- Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
