Re: ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-13 Thread Chris W .
Marck D Pearlstone @ 2006-7-13 3:14:03 AM "ISP's Blocking TheBat" > I suppress the X-Mailer header by the configuration option and use > this macro: > %SetHeader("User-agent","TB/%THEBATVERSION (by RITlabs)")%- > To insert my own variant. I am

Re: ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-13 Thread Peter Meyns
Hi Alexander, on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:25:34 +0200GMT (13.07.2006, 18:25 +0200GMT here), Alexander S. Kunz wrote: ASK> The logic of ISPs blocking mails according to the content of the ASK> X-Mailer header is beyond any comprehension - how many of your 189 spam ASK> e-mails claim to be created by Ou

Re: ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-13 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello »Q« & everyone else, on 13-Jul-2006 at 03:46 you (»Q«) wrote: > FWIW, of the 189 spam e-mails in my kill log for today, 9 are > pretending to be from The Bat!, so it's still going on. Erm. The only thing "still going on" is that spammers fake their mass mailings' X-Mailer header - and it w

Re: ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-13 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Thursday, July 13, 2006, 4:50:42, rich gregory wrote: > Once upon a time some spammer(s) did choose to use TB! due to it's > configuriblity. Actually, some spamware uses TB's X-Mailer header, which caused the confusion. -- < Jernej Simončič ><><><><>< http://deepthought.ena.si/ > You cant

Re: ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-13 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
Dear Rich, @12-Jul-2006, 22:50 -0400 (13-Jul 03:50 here) rich gregory [RG] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: ... RG> Once upon a time some spammer(s) did choose to use TB! due to it's RG> configuriblity. Untrue. There was a spam remailer software package that offered a The Bat! X-Mailer header as

Re[2]: ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-12 Thread Goncalo Farias
In reply to : rg>> Once upon a time some spammer(s) did choose to use TB! due to it's rg>> configuriblity. This lead to some ISPs decision to simply ban TB! rg>> traffic than to expend any effort toward better filters. This practice rg>> is seeming hard coded into some ISPs' thinking (&/or hardwa

Re: ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-12 Thread ETM
This is the reason that the option even exists under the options menu to choose to not include TB! as the X-Mailer. > Wasn't there an .EXE hack for TB! some versions ago, before that option > made it's way into TB!, that would allow you to do just that? > Richie Yes. I used it. Someone here wa

Re[2]: ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-12 Thread rich gregory
L>> I haven't run into this, but I'm quite new to TB. L>> Why does this happen? IAW> If you have the X-Mailer option checked under IAW> Options|Preferences|General, then The Bat! is identified in the IAW> message headers. This is what they check to make their arbitrary IAW> decision. Unckeck this a

Re: ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-12 Thread Chris W .
Ian A. White @ 2006-7-12 7:19:56 PM "ISP's Blocking TheBat" > This is what they check to make their arbitrary decision. Unckeck > this and all should be OK. When Ian say "they" he/she means anti-spam programs. -- Chris Using The Bat! v3.80.06 on Windows X

Re: ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-12 Thread Mica Mijatovic
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 ***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Wed, 12 Jul 2006, @ @ at 18:23:55 -0400, when Laurie wrote: > H Yep. > I haven't run into this, but I'm quite new to TB. > Why does this happen? Due to spectacular m

Re[2]: ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-12 Thread Laurie
H I haven't run into this, but I'm quite new to TB. Why does this happen? Laurie Wednesday, July 12, 2006, 4:32:54 PM, you wrote: >> I've recently had a couple of emails blocked from two different ISP's >> who claim The Bat is a known spammer. Of course I know this is >> bull

Re: ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-12 Thread Robin Anson
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 at 13:00:37 -0700, Comprestore wrote: > Can I use a filter to change the x-mail header when I send an email > to these two people who use these ISP's? X-Mailer cannot be edited or otherwise changed from within TB! If you want to modify it for selected recipients, you will eith

Re: ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-12 Thread ETM
> Can I use a filter to change the x-mail header > when I send an email to these two people who use > these ISP's? > I know under Options / Preferences / General, you can uncheck "Use > X-Mailer Header in Messages" to remove it > altogether. Perhaps others > will know whether you can remove it on

Re: ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-12 Thread Dave Gorman
On 7/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've recently had a couple of emails blocked from two different ISP's who claim The Bat is a known spammer. Of course I know this is bull, and I forwarded the info at Ritlabs on the subject to their IT Dept's to no avail. Can I use a fi

ISP's Blocking TheBat

2006-07-12 Thread comprestore
I've recently had a couple of emails blocked from two different ISP's who claim The Bat is a known spammer. Of course I know this is bull, and I forwarded the info at Ritlabs on the subject to their IT Dept's to no avail. Can I use a filter to change the x-mail header when I send an email to th