I disagree. My productivity is based on how quickly and reliably I receive my email. I pay for a hosting company to ensure I receive all email intended for me. If I don't ask for filtering, it should not be in place. If a customer can not get through to me because of this filter, I lose. I lost 100 + emails in two days because of this filtering. Luckily I could go to the archives and check the emails there, but still a pain and more time consuming. When they block a whole IP address, they are blocking many domains. Black lists are NOT legitimate. They are a scam, scamming money from the companies that use their services. I use Outlook filtering which is enough for me and I have the option of scanning through those emails. Perhaps it means nothing to you if you lose some emails, but I have some very important emails that come to me every day. This has not happened only once, but many times. This site has blocked Earthlink users, AOL users and more.
Jeff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Intrepid TV Repair 263 S. Front St, Steelton, PA 17113 Ph: 717-939-7708; Fax: 717-754-0174 www.hdtvrepair.tv www.intrepid-video.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Graham Nimmo Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 12:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: PCWorks: White list/black list services, Sp*mcop, etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Dougherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 2:19 PM Subject: PCWorks: White list/black list services, Sp*mcop, etc. > Had anyone thought about proposing to courts, lawmakers, etc., the > possibility of shutting down Sp*mcop and other organizations using a black > list? Why? Black lists are a legitimate way of banning email and IP addresses, the fact that they inconvenience a few is less important than the many they protect. > Recently, I have missed several emails because IP addresses were listed. One > is an email list that doesn't send email but to its members. How did this > site get listed? Someone must have mistakenly reported an email as being sp*m and sp*mcop have added it to their lists. An email from the site concerned should get the ban swiftly lifted. > It seems to me it is more important to ensure delivery of legitimate email > than it is to block a few more sp*m then I already get. > Thoughts? On average, my email filtered through sp*mcop results in 2 sp*m emails per month. I think the odd missed email is a small price to pay for such a success rate. It seems an odd decision to attack sp*mcop for succeeding. Like any database it can only be as good as the information it contains, and yes there will be times when it blocks emails that are not sp*m. But let's not shoot the wrong guys, and let's not make them so ineffective that email once more becomes a scourge rather than an a mild annoyance. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
