FYI-- > >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: [email protected] > 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 > [email protected] 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 [email protected] > > * 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 `[email protected]'. > > * A message with any of these return addresses: > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > cut.bill.payments > [email protected] > delightful[0-9].*@... > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > .*[email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > .*groupcall.*@... > .*groupscall.*@... > IMPORTANT.*@... > invstr[0-9].*@... > lifewatch[0-9].*@... > [email protected] > [email protected] > mktmaster[0-9].*@... > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > promo[0-9].*@... > .*[email protected] > [email protected] > save.10%[email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > .*themoney.*@... > [email protected] > [email protected] > younggirl.*@... > >Anything that matches these patterns will be bounced back to you, >the listowner. If it made a mistake, just let us know: >[email protected] > >Bringing you a less spamful net -- > >Regards, >Tim Pierce >RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative >system obfuscator and hack-of-all-trades > > > Judy Marshall Arnold - [email protected] Judy's Place - http://www.flash.net/~judyad/