On Friday 16 October 2009, Adam Katz wrote: >Does anybody here know anything about the legitimacy of Constant >Contact <http://www.constantcontact.com/anti_spam.jsp> ? > >In preparing a list of HOSTKARMA_W violators for Marc, I noticed a >very large amount of spam, coming from completely different companies, >was sent through constantcontact.com servers using their "Safe >Unsubscribe" feature. > >After some web searches, I decided to use the unsubscribe feature, but >apparently I needed to unsubscribe every email address with every >company that uses constantcontact.com. To me, this means it is quite >clear that Constant Contact's anti-spam policy is improperly enforced >at best and flagrantly ignored at worst. > >The biggest problem is that they're well seeded in the DNS whitelists, >including HostKarma and IADB, and they often use SPF, which gets the >"OK" from my double-check in khop-bl. > >Before I write a custom rule to add points to anything passing through >a constantcontact.com relay, I was wondering if anybody here had >thoughts on this.
That domain name should earn an email that came through their servers an additional 2.5 points IMO. It has been a thorn in my side since 3, maybe 4 years now. >(Note, questionable custom rules like this get tested on my production >servers with near-zero scores, then real scores, and /then/ they find >their way to my sa-update channels.) > -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Yield to Temptation ... it may not pass your way again. -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love"
