On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 10:13 -0300, Fred Ramos wrote:
> Just to calm you guys down.. 
> 
> The message in question is from the ISP, requesting that you confirm your
> email address before passing the spam filter. To avoid that, , the use
> ClaitonCS should add the list address or domain to his "trusted" list. 
> 
> UOL is a huge ISP here and the message is legitimate. Don't worry.  

It is spam no matter how big an ISP. See comp.mail.misc newsgroup for
reasons why C-R is BAD and that ISPs that use it but do not control or
educate their customers should be classed as spammers. In NA, Earthlink
is one of these.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SOTL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: terÃa-feira, 8 de marÃo de 2005 09:40
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Tony Pursell
> Subject: Re: [users] I presume I am not the only one
> 
> On Tuesday 08 March 2005 06:56, Tony Pursell wrote:
> > On 8 Mar 2005 at 9:37, Charlie Markwick wrote:
> > > I have just submitted a question to the forum and got the responder 
> > > below form [EMAIL PROTECTED] which included embeded remote 
> > > graphics. Am I the only one to have this happen? Not sure I'm very 
> > > happy about this.
> > >
> > > Charlie
> >
> > I'm not happy either.  I just deleted it.  It may be what it says its.  
> > On the other hand, it may just be a way of collecting 'certified' 
> > email addresses for spamming.
> >
> > BTW, does your mail client block the remote graphics?  These can be 
> > used for eliciting positive confirmation for spamming purposes.
> >
> > Tony Pursell
> >
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> 
> No!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> They have became quite a pain in the ass.
> 
> So much so that I sent them an e-mail saying that I did not give a damn if
> they accepted or rejected their e-mail but that I was tired of their spam
> and as such I was setting my spam filters so that all e-mail from their
> domain would go directly to delete.
> 
> Frank

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