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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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 -- G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PATH tech -- Documentation Co-Lead PLEASE - keep list traffic on the list. Email sent directly to me may be ignored utterly. "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.Herriot --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
