On 22 Jan 99, at 9:39, Bob Brown wrote:
> For some reason, webtv.net has decided that my discussion group is spam and
> refuses all email from my domain --- both majordomo and my own personal
> emails.
Probably not your discussion group. They've probably decided not to
accept email from 'pobox.com'.
> Is the a common practice?
Yes, in this vigilante-justice world, sysops can and do refuse email from
various sources for almost any [and often no] reason.
> .. How do you deal with this?
As a rule you can't. A sysop doesn't have to accept email from anyone or
any site they don't feel like. You can try to complain [e.g., by
emailing to them from a different email address that can get through],
but you'll always get the same answer:
"we're getting spam from <SOMESITE> so we're refusing *all* mail
from that site. That we may be blocking email from hundreds of
thousands of people because of the [alleged] activities of a few
isn't our problem"
As as with the best of style of terrorists who're holding hostages,
they'll be happy to tell you that your problem isn't with the sysop but
with the spammers. [and if you point out that you've never sent any spam
and it isn't the spammers that are blocking your email, you'll get a
nasty tirade back..:o)]
> .. How can I respond to
> people's requests for info?
You can't, by and large. Best you can try to do is find another
[unblocked] email address and explain the situation. But even if *THEY*
complain (and this time it'll be their own customers complaining to them)
it won't do any good. The sysops will just reply "complain to the folks
who run <SOMESITE> and tell them to clean up their act".
/Bernie\
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