what is the essence of internet if you block those free web based email???
/mbf
On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Ward William E PHDN wrote:
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> From: Danny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 12:16 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; a mole; eric clover
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> Your solution :-
>
> -Just get your ISP to install procmail.
> - Block out free email accounts like hotmail, yahoomail, start.com.au,
> email.com
> - People always use those email accounts to spam you.
> - Avoid giving away your real email to user forum groups like deja,
>
> - There is a book from O'Rielly which explains how you can combat this
> problem.
>
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> Great... so, if I was at home, your software would consider any email
> message
> from me to be pure spam.... because I use email.com as my domain for my
> return
> address, and netzero where I send that address, and actually pop through my
> ISP
> (erols.com)....
>
> So, email says it's from email.com in the return, but has erols.com as it's
> mx site... And it goes to email.com to netzero.com and then is popped
> through
> to erols.com
>
> Your solution filters me out cold.... when all I'm doing is insulating
> myself from
> Spam.
>
> When the techniques you use conflict with techniques others use, it's not a
> good solution.
> The procmail solution, looking for other key indicators, is probably better
> than blanket
> "Block out free email accounts", since so many folks use them as throw
> aways.
>
> Bill Ward
>
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