I used to run a whitelist, and it was predicated upon FBL reports as one metric for list purity.
I saw, and continue to see to this day, error in reporting from *all* such sources (they are myriad, probably numbering in a couple of dozen these days), they are no more endemic to AOL than any other provider. I’ve seen credit card statements, password resets, and conversations between lovers all reported (the latter, much to my personal embarrassment. It was quite explicit, although admittedly I did pick up a few good tips). Users, like all humans, make errors. Are sys admins the sole tranche immune to such things? Somehow, I doubt it. > On Aug 30, 2016, at 12:31 AM, Rob McEwen <r...@invaluement.com> wrote: > > On 8/29/2016 10:17 AM, Mathias Ullrich wrote: >> In my opinion and given, that we are talking about UCE, if it's >> unsolicited mail, the recipient shouldn't get the email in the first >> place, and if that's the case, the "report junk" button is the correct one. >> >> If you are talking about one to one communication, forget my comment, > > AOL has a fantastic feedback loop... but surprisingly often, an AOL user will > mistakenly use the "report spam" button as if it were the "delete button"... > and delete hand-typed messages that were clearly part of amicable and ongoing > conversations between close friends/relatives... or stuff like receipts for > something they just literally bought seconds ago... or newsletters from > organizations for which they are active paying members... etc. > -- > Rob McEwen > > > > _______________________________________________ > mailop mailing list > mailop@mailop.org > https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop
