But it is almost universally accepted that filtering emails that sell "penis enlargement equipment" is OK. The overwhelming majority of users consider those as spam and not a false positive when filtered. On the other hand, when an AOL user can't receive an email from their mom who happens to be a DSL user, they will probably consider that as a false positive.
I think this argument can be consolidated down to what "most" users will consider to be spam vs. ham or a false positive. My only hope is that the AOL users who cannot receive email they want to receive will cause enough stink in the press, that the whole thing back fires in their face. But I expect AOL will "spin" the story the other way to their users and blame the "other guys" for making a policy decision not to take "DSL" out of the rDNS. I feel confident that AOL will accuse the "other guys" of supporting spam instead of admitting the implications of the policy decision they have made. Todd Holt Xidix Technologies, Inc Las Vegas, NV USA www.xidix.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan Samis Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: AOL's got nerve R. Scott Perry wrote: > >> I have to disagree with you. AOL has made a policy choice, and you have >> chosen an ISP that won't let you change your rDNS. You should complain to >> your ISP, and not to AOL. > > > Again, when you are dealing with a multi-million dollar corporation that > you are lucky to have providing Internet access, it isn't always > possible to get them to do things they aren't required to the RFCs to do. > > Until a few days ago, the contents of the reverse DNS entry were not > important. Why should someone have to switch Internet providers (if > that is even possible!) all of a sudden, when their Internet provider > isn't even doing anything wrong? The fact of the matter, in my opinion, is that AOL is taking an action that is within their means to reduce the amount of spam that reaches their mail servers. That is their perogative. Arguing that they have no right to do so or that it's unfair holds about as much water as me arguing that your statistical spam filter hinders my ability to e-mail a client information about my penis size enhancing product. I can bitch and moan all I want about this, but nobody's going to remove those keywords from their filters because the amount the spam they do block is worth the tradeoff of killing a few legit messages. Bryan Samis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
