Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 22:11:13 -0500 From: Harry Tabak <htabak@quadtelecom.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter. Message-ID: <3E0E67D1.8050309@quadtelecom.com> References: <3E0DAAF3.7090103@quadtelecom.com> <3E0E1CDD.2050605@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger wrote: <snip> > If one sends a message that could not be delivered, an error report > (called a DSN) is returned, describing the problem. People sending > legitimate email know who they've sent mail to, right? And when they > get DSN's, as you most probably did, you talk to your ISP, etc, etc. > > How many bounced messages are you talking about, approximately? Would > you be willing to give those individuals a phone call to talk about your > message, instead, or ask their postmaster to change their spam-filter to > let your mail through? In this case, the package configuration puts 'spam' in a separate folder and doesn't send a bounce message. I may not get feed back until and unless I do a follow-up call. A follow-up call is not always possible. > > [ Because that's basicly what it all comes down to, all of the advocacy > for or against regulation aside. FWIW, I block three /16's under > 16.0.0.0/8, but yours wasn't one of them-- I checked. Bah...I'm getting > 1000+ dictionary scans from DSL pools in .br a day. ] actually my block is 66.45.116.136/29. Temporarily, I can't post to this list from one of those addresses -- but that is another story and is fixable. > > -Chuck > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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