Rather than try to paraphrase or summarize this, I am going to
forward the entire message just as I received it from Tim.
It will have very little, if any, effect on most of you. Please
look it over though.
Cal
phillipscalvin(a)prodigy.com
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Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 18:58:26
From: Tim Pierce
To: listowners-announce(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: spam & crosspost filtering
Spam filtering has just been enabled on all RootsWeb lists. From
this point on, hopefully we all will experience a marked decrease
in spam sent to our lists.
When someone sends mail that ``looks like spam'' to one of your
lists (more on what that means below), you'll receive a letter
that looks like this:
From: YOURLIST-L-request(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: we blocked some spam from your list.
Hi --
This is an automated notice from the RootsWeb list server.
Someone recently sent this message to your list. It looks
suspiciously like spam, so it was NOT distributed to your list.
However, we're sending you a copy just in case the spam detector
made a mistake. If this was actually a legitimate message that
shouldn't have been blocked, please forward this message to
abuse(a)rootsweb.com and tell us, so we can try to make the Spam
Detective a little smarter.
So please give us feedback! Let us know if you start getting spam
that the spamcatcher doesn't get, or if the spamcatcher gets a
little too enthusiastic and blocks legit messages.
WHAT'S BEING FILTERED?
------------------------
What does the list server consider spam? Here's a general
summary of what it looks for:
* Any message sent to more than 10 RootsWeb lists. Heavy
crossposting like this is at least as bad a problem for
our servers as spam is.
* Messages from the faked mail host
`relay.comanche.denmark.eu'. This is a hallmark of that
insidious Bulls Eye Gold spam.
* Senders with all-numeric e-mail addresses, like 11576(a)1985.com.
* Senders with AOL screen names that have fewer than 3
characters or more than 10; screen names that start with a
number; screen names that include punctuation. According
to the AOL postmaster, any AOL address that looks like
this is faked.
* Any message from
USA.NET that contains embedded
punctuation, like `free-money(a)usa.net'.
* A message with any of these return addresses:
agiftforu@...
bigweeklypay@...
born2win@...
bulk@...
bulk.barn@...
beseen@advertise
callnow@...
carpediem@...
cut.bill.payments
cybermarket@...
delightful[0-9].*@...
donthitreply@...
easymoney@...
emailersoftware@...
free_online_biz@...
freebook@....
.*FRIEND@...
getyourdegree@...
goforthegold@...
.*groupcall.*@...
.*groupscall.*@...
IMPORTANT.*@...
invstr[0-9].*@...
lifewatch[0-9].*@...
make@money
makingmoney@...
mktmaster[0-9].*@...
opportunity@...
NOFLAME@...
paparazzi@...
pornhaven@...
promo[0-9].*@...
.*remove@...
reply.by.phone@...
save.10%.on.gas@...
seemailforreply@...
send(a)real-net.net
.*themoney.*@...
thesluth@...
wisefolk@...
younggirl.*@...
Anything that matches these patterns will be bounced back to you,
the listowner. If it made a mistake, just let us know:
abuse(a)rootsweb.com.
Bringing you a less spamful net --
Regards,
Tim Pierce
RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative
system obfuscator and hack-of-all-trades