Though I really hate adding to what seem to be mostly OT threads, I'm
going to do so here and this will be my only post on the subject.
Several weeks ago, a reflector member sent a message to me, asking
that I post it to THIS reflector on his behalf because every time HE
attempted to post it, the message was 'bounced' as 'appearing to be SPAM'.
I made several attempts to post his message and received the same bounces.
I eventually found (within the 'bounce' message) a link to where I
cold inquire as to why the message was being flagged as SPAM. So I inquired!
Turned out that the text of the message contained the word "repl
cated"...! That's it!! Nothing more innocuous than that! (NOTE:
I've left out the "i" in the 'bad word' above, in the hope that IT
won't cause this reply to be bounced... <G>
As a result, the person who eventually replied to my query, giving me
the offending word, suggested that I substitute another word
("reproduced", if I recall) for the offending word. I did, and resent
the message... which, that time, was forwarded to the reflector.
So, it doesn't take much... darn little, actually, to cause the
SPAM-COP detectors to start ringing.
End of rant.
73,
Tom Hammond N0SS
At 03:10 07/09/2007, Julian G4ILO wrote:
On 7/9/07, Thom LaCosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This mailing list's spam filter has blocked 3 attempts by me to reply
> to this thread. I think spam filters are more likely to be blame for
> the lack of communication being complained of than any failings at
> Elecraft.
How do you know that? Did you get a message saying it was
blocked? Was there a
reason?
Yes, I did get a bounce message back to say that my reply "looked like
spam". Why a legitimate reply-to from a registered list member should
be considered spam I have no idea, but I've complained before about
the brain-dead QTH.NET system and got nowhere, so let's not go there.
Most spam filters just silently drop the email, so the first a vendor
knows about it is when an irate customer complains they didn't get
what they ordered.
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