In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , "Callahan, Richard M, SOLGV" writes: > >Good Afternoon > and forgive the new guy if I break any rules or conventions. > >I work for AT&T Government Solutions and we are about to launch the Do Not Cal >l Registry for the Federal Trade Commission. At a high level this allows cons >umers to register their phone numbers to keep most telemarketers from calling > their homes. Penalties for calling a consumer on the list can be $11K per ca >ll and enforcement begins in October. > >We are launching consumer registrations on Friday. My concern: > > - every registration using the web generates an email which must be opened to > complete the registration process > >We are looking at the potential of MILLIONS OF EMAILS PER DAY beginning Friday >. These will be from the same address and have the same subject line. > >I am worried about denial of service or blocking by spam filters if providers >are not aware this is coming. > >I am hoping this group is a good medium to get the word out to inform the comm >unity of this impending event. > >At this time I am unable to provide the link or email address, but will do so >on Thursday evening if it is of value. >
You should definitely contact the postmasters for some of the major consumer ISPs -- they often have their own filtering policies and procedures. AOL's policies have been discussed on this list in the past. Also watch out for Earthlink's challenge/response scheme. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me) http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)