This off the discuss list this morning illustrates vividly one of the
biggest problems with the issue of spam and current techniques for
dealing with it. Namely, defining exactly what is and isn't spam *and*,
more importantly, doing this in a way that can be translated into a
machine algorithm.
I doubt that Michael's a spammer. He could be inviting people to a
wedding or sending out a newsletter that other folks have signed up for.
Maybe he's a church secretary sending out a church bulletin. Lots and
lots of possible reasons for sending out a mass e-mail that isn't spam.
From the discuss list:
Michael Lissner to me, SOUNDS like a spammer of sorts, a man with a
mission, whether a preacher or (based on his e-adr: aids hike . org) a
promoter of some aids mission. To fool his ISPs, he should hire a
software man to bypass his problem.
Wish I had "125 of my ??? friends" deserving something personal! :-)
Tork
Michael Lissner wrote:
OO has a great feature with being able to send the email merge, but
it's got a problem - It doesn't have a built in timer. I just tried to
send emails to 125 of my friends, but after 25, my ISP killed it
because it looked like I was spamming. If we had something built into
the email merge tool that allowed it to run overnight, one-offing an
email every five minutes or so, this problem would probably be
alleviated.
Just an idea for improvement in later versions.
-mike
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