Yes, that happened to me. I had entered my address in the WebMail addy book for one of my accounts (don't recall why), and I started getting spam that showed as WHITELISTED. It wasn't obvious why at first because I wasn't the primary "To" recipient on the spam, but I finally figured it out.
G.Z. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Bramble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 1:48 PM Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] AUTOWHITELIST issue > Scott, > > I just noticed that one of my users has listed his own address in his > Web address book, and I'm thinking this could become an occasional > circumstance with unintended consequences. Since I turned AUTOWHITELIST > ON, this means that anything with a MAILFROM that forges his personal > address will end up whitelisted, and that definitely happens with a lot > of spam. > > I could police my users and educate them, but would it make sense to > make a change to AUTOWHITELIST so that it would only work on addresses > other than the recipient's own? That way they don't end up whitelisting > a good deal of spam. > > Thanks, > > Matt > > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
