Interesting, that may be a ploy to only deal with people and not SpamCop reports, kinda shame... (ok that's a totally different topic...)
> Is it really TMDA, or a look-alike? > > Either way, it's not unheard of. > > You NEVER get spam to your postmaster or abuse accounts? Lucky you! > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I thought it may be of interest that AT&T is using tmda >> to confirm e-mail addresses sent to their [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> email address. Personally, I don't use confirm addresses >> going to my postmaster & abuse accounts and have never >> received spam going to either of those addresses. >> Is this an a-typical setup for TMDA usage? >> >> Niles >> >> >> >> >> << IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR MESSAGE TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> Your report (attached below) will not be delivered until you verify >> your >> e-mail address by replying to this message. Due to the tremendous >> amount >> of spam, viruses, and worms currently circulating via e-mail, we have >> >> found >> it necessary to protect our business e-mail system with a >> confirmation >> process that verifies incoming correspondence as legitimate. >> >> Confirmation of your e-mail address with the AT&T Abuse Desk is a >> one-time >> process per sending e-mail address. Once you have confirmed (by >> simply >> replying to this e-mail) you will be automatically white-listed for >> all >> future correspondence you send to AT&T's Abuse Desk from your >> confirmed >> e-mail address. If in the future you choose to contact us from a >> different >> e-mail address, you will need to go through the process again for that >> >> new >> address. >> >> To confirm that you did send the message below, simply reply to this >> e-mail, >> sending back the contents of this message. You do not need to add or >> edit >> anything. >> >> If you did not send the e-mail below, it is possible that your e-mail >> >> address >> was forged by a spammer; in order to hide their identity, spammers >> will >> often >> randomly select an e-mail address from their lists and insert it in >> the >> "From" and/or "Reply To" fields. If so, you can safely ignore this >> message >> and may disregard the confirmation process described above. >> >> We appreciate your cooperation. >> >> AT&T Internet Investigations and Security Services Team >> >> >> For your reference, the original e-mail you sent is attached below. >> >> >> _____________________________________________ >> tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users >> > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _____________________________________________ > tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users _____________________________________________ tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users
