RE: [Mailman-Users] Subject Line Length Considered Spam

2003-07-29 Thread Paul H Byerly
Jeanne Schock wrote: I am corresponding with Ted. H over at excite.com member services, in the hope that they can change their blocking criteria. If this is an annoyance for anyone else, I suggest going to the excite.com website and give a hand trying to explain the irony of viewing confirmation em

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subject Line Length Considered Spam

2003-07-28 Thread J C Lawrence
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:28:48 -0700 jsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul, I couldn't agree with you more. But, as I exchange email with a > minimum wage worker at excite that is doing what he was told to do > (decision from someone that hasn't got a clue) I still have people > complaining.

RE: [Mailman-Users] Subject Line Length Considered Spam

2003-07-28 Thread jsmith
6:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Subject Line Length Considered Spam jsmith wrote: >Excite is blocking any subject that has more than 22 characters due to it >looking like >commercial spam. I would bet that other ISP's will be or have already >started subject l

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subject Line Length Considered Spam

2003-07-28 Thread Paul H Byerly
jsmith wrote: Excite is blocking any subject that has more than 22 characters due to it looking like commercial spam. I would bet that other ISP's will be or have already started subject line filtering on the length as well. I am assuming you mean 22 consecutive characters without a break?

RE: [Mailman-Users] Subject Line Length Considered Spam

2003-07-28 Thread Jeanne Schock
I know it is not terrifically useful to say "me too," but I have some 40 pending subscriptions from excite.com addresses, and not a single new subscription, over the last 3 days. I am corresponding with Ted. H over at excite.com member services, in the hope that they can change their blocking crit