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Date:      Wed, 16 Apr 2003 07:54:13 -0400
From:      Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@keyslapper.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: John <agent007=email-agents.com@spamarrest.com>
Message-ID:  <20030416115413.GA8925@keyslapper.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030415205020.GA39014@keyslapper.org>
References:  <20030415192000.GA11033@marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk> <20030415205020.GA39014@keyslapper.org>

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On 04/15/03 04:50 PM, Louis LeBlanc sat at the `puter and typed:
> This is really an underhanded way to 'prevent' spam.  Basically,
> Spamarrest requires you validate yourself to them before they'll allow
> your mail through to their customers.  Of course, if you read their
> fine print, you're basically giving them permission to send you
> information about their service.  Essentially, they wind up spamming
> you directly until you buy their service.  They make no promises as to
> the privacy of your contact info, and they provide no easy way to be
> taken off their list.
> 
> I never see this because I put the following in my /etc/mail/access
> file:
> spamarrest.com  550 Go Away Spamarrest!

Looks like this works.   found this in my daily run output:

Checking for rejected mail hosts:
   1 spamarrest.com
. . .

Probably better to nip it in the bud rather than accept it, filter it,
and move it around or delete it.

L
-- 
Louis LeBlanc               leblanc@keyslapper.org
Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :)
http://www.keyslapper.org                     ԿԬ

And do you think (fop that I am) that I could be the Scarlet Pumpernickel?



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