One thing to avoid like the plague are the "services" that capture all your e-mail and send a "validation" message back to the sender that requires them to respond, proving that there's a real person on the other end of the e-mail address, before letting a message through to the user.
I generally won't respond to those, personally, and they're a nightmare for mailing lists. Every person who posts to the list ends up getting a validation message from each list member using such a service. The first one of those I see in my mailbox, that member is suspended until they've proven to me that they've whitelisted the list properly. Haven't seen one in a while. Maybe they're getting less popular. Be well, Mike D. > Cloudmark is work very well for me, well worth the $3.99 per month. Best > Regards, Arnold Beland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshall > Dudley" <mdud...@king-cart.com> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: > Monday, February 27, 2006 7:24 AM Subject: Re: CS>[List Owner] > Investment spam posts? > > > > Speaking of spam, I have got to do something. This morning I had > > 10,000 spam messages, and I am going to not get anything done today > > but delete spams from my box. I am using Netscape and eudora for my > > mail, and I need a good spam buster. The server has spam assissian on > > it, but even at 90% effectiveness I still get over 1,000 through it > > over a weekend. It seems that every time I look for a good spam > > program they tell me I have to switch to outlook for my mail client, > > but there is no way I am trading spam for viruses and worms, I would > > rather deal with the spam. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Marshall > > > > "M. G. Devour" wrote: > > > >> Hi everybody! Your list owner is ON THE JOB!!! > >> > >> Okay, when one of these investment posts came through from somebody > >> calling themselves b...@verizon.net, I figured that a member thought > >> it was interesting and sent it along. It would have been nice if they > >> had said something so we knew why they wanted to post it, but, in > >> fact, it was talking about using ozone for food sanitation... a > >> relatively obvious alternative health reference. > >> > >> Then a *second* copy comes under a different Subject line, from the > >> same address. Now this starts looking like SPAM. > >> > >> So I went and checked the subscriber file and we don't even *have* a > >> b...@verizon.net ... and when you think about it the odds of anyone > >> even having an address like b...@... from any large domain is pretty > >> much nil. I'm sure b...@verizon.net was taken the first day verizon > >> was handing out userid's, probably to an employee, and that person is > >> unlikely to be a member here. It's most likely a forgery. > >> > >> Digging a bit deeper, it turns out these *were* spam, and they got > >> posted because we have an extremely similar user name already > >> subscribed, and I had the threshold for accepting submissions set to > >> "tight" but not "exact," and that was good enough to let it through. > >> > >> I've changed it now so the list server requires an *exact* match to > >> the subscriber list entry. I hope this won't cause anyone a problem > >> posting. If that happens, let me know. My personal e-mail address is > >> in the footer at the bottom of every list message. > >> > >> Thought you'd all like to know... <GRIN> > >> > >> Be well, > >> > >> Mike D. > >> list security guard... <sigh> > >> > >> ------- Forwarded message follows ------- > >> Date forwarded: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:47:20 -0800 > >> From: "Bill" <b...@verizon.net> > >> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> > >> Date sent: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:47:19 -0500 > >> Forwarded by: silver-list@eskimo.com > >> Send reply to: silver-list@eskimo.com > >> Subject: CS>Investors profit on last minute trading > >> > >> [ Double-click this line for list subscription options ] > >> > >> Ticker Symbol: PDSC.PK Buy Aggressively > >> > >> Last Trade: 0.082 > >> AVG Vol: 1,107,198 > >> Short Term Target: +0.67 > >> Long Term Target: +2.00 > >> > >> We believe serious news is on the horizon that can blow the lid off > >> the stock like a powder-keg > >> > >> PDSC is poised to be the standard for the multi-billion dollar food > >> safety industry. Its food sanitation process improves organic and > >> non-organic foods. Billions of American, and International, > >> consumers will receive quality, non-toxic, fresh fruits, vegetables > >> and meats. > >> > >> An estimated 76 million Americans suffer from food-borne illnesses > >> every year, an issue which concerns food producers, processors and > >> retailers. > >> > >> [the rest deleted...] > >> > >> ------- End of forwarded message ------- > >> > >> [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > >> [mdev...@eskimo.com ] > >> [Speaking only for myself... ] > >> > >> -- > >> The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >> > >> Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >> > >> To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > >> > >> Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > >> > >> The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > >> > >> List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.0/269 - Release Date: > > 2/24/2006 > > > > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [mdev...@eskimo.com ] [Speaking only for myself... ]
