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WebWord Weblog Posting Posting Date: July 31, 2002 I'm Sick and Tired Of Spam (Filters) (Steve Outing) -- "An increasing number of legitimate e-mail publishers are finding that their mail is triggering filter rules in SpamAssassin. Unfortunately, the SpamAssassin system relies on complaints and "who screams loudest" for changes."
Reader Comments...
>>What does not exist yet is a Web service on which publishers could submit their newsletters for screening -- and it would identify content or technical problems that would likely trigger spam filters before mailing. << What you say ?? http://solutionscripts.com/cgi-bin/check_spam.cgi SpamAssassin works great for me... If anything the default install misses more then I like.. All newsletters I subscribe to seem to come through untagged, and I haven't gotten a legit piece tagged as spam yet. Posted by: TimW on July 31, 2002 11:40 PM
http://solutionscripts.com/cgi-bin/check_spam.cgi as a link..... Posted by: TimW on July 31, 2002 11:41 PM
I love it. Spam is ruining the medium, and yet the people fighting this massive burden are deemed to be "the problem." I'd gladly accept that problem. It's like a doctor coming up to me and saying, "I can cure you of your testicular cancer, but the cure will make you hiccup a few times every week." Ummm, do I even have to think about it? As long as politicians are willing to make us live with this burden, the poor ol' corporations will have to live with some of their bulk e-mail missing its target. Cry me a river. After politicians criminalize server-side filtering (oh believe me, it will happen), we'll fire up our personal filters and fight you in the trenches. Bulk e-mailers do not have a right to send me e-mail. I have a right to refuse it and use whatever blocking tools I wish. Keep your damn greedy hands off my mail box. Posted by: Jack on July 31, 2002 11:41 PM
Steve's article scores an 11 on the Spamassassin scale... (the default is everything over 5 is tagged as spam) Posted by: TimW on July 31, 2002 11:48 PM
This posting is spam. I'm ruining blogs. WebWord is going down in a ball of flame! Posted by: John S. Rhodes on July 31, 2002 11:54 PM
It's better to let 1 innocent mail go to the trash than let 10 guilty mails go free. Excuse my bastardisation. :) Posted by: MadMan on August 1, 2002 01:56 AM
This
Persecuting the victim. You're obviously a corporate stooge. John likes my monikers. I only do it to please him. I know, I know, it's a heavy burden to carry, but ours is not to ask why. Ours is to do and die. Posted by: Jack on August 1, 2002 11:16 AM
I am the 5th stooge actually, and I have now put some code into my webword stats grabber that will stop me seeing you as a new user all the time. Although couldn't you change your name from Jack to something more unique? How about MadderMan ! Posted by: Mac on August 1, 2002 12:34 PM
I've thought about killing off this pseudonym. It would be more exciting if I had my own blog that would come to a dramatic end. I wouldn't do anything sappy like cancer or leukemia like others before me. I think maybe getting hit by a drunk driver. You know, raise awareness of a social issue while I'm at it. Posted by: Jack on August 1, 2002 12:56 PM
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is posting. and I think that Jack's email moniker madness is getting out of hand (90 so far...)