From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e5c972d04da95d51 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-21 11:49:19 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: SPAM-less email (was If anybody wants to make something in Adabut Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 13:50:09 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: <3E9D61C0.5070103@cogeco.ca> <3E9D8090.F86AF4EC@spam.no> <3E9D8625.4090308@cogeco.ca> <3E9D9642.2030303@cogeco.ca> <878yuae2uu.fsf@inf.enst.fr> <3E9EDB7B.2090901@cogeco.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500 X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36337 Date: 2003-04-21T13:50:09-05:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote in message ... >In article , "AG" writes: >> "Randy Brukardt" wrote in message >> news:v9uel6jr5ubhff@corp.supernews.com... >>> A lot of us NEED to get unsolicited mail. If we don't take random >>> queries from the public, how would we ever get a new customer? >> >> There is a flip side to that though. From the point of view >> of a potential customer: Suppose I mail a real query to >> your mailbox swamped by spam. How do I know it >> will make it past the filters? > >If Randy is using DNS-blocklist rejection and you are unfortunate >enough to share an IP address with a spammer, you will get a notice >back that your mail did not get through. You can then decide whether >to try an alternate contact mechanism. > >If Randy is using DNS-blocklist teergrubbing, and you are unfortunate >enough to share an IP address with a spammer, you will get a notice >from your own ISP after whatever length of time they choose to give up. Actually, Randy only quarentines mail that comes from IPs on blocklists. I've had way too many co-workers and customers get on those blocklists somehow. The only things I block are mails containing clearly spam phrases, sources, or links. And I have a whitelist that prevents that for known correspondents. So mail can be delayed, but real mail isn't discarded. Randy.