Re: Administrivia: Don't reply to verification notes

From: Zonn <mlists_at_zonn.com>
Date: Thu May 24 2012 - 15:45:07 EDT

He needs to be immediately removed from the list. His whitelist software
is not seeing the verification, which means he's not getting Vectorlist
posts. So in this case everyone *except* armis@pcdochouston.com is
seeing his back-scatter.

-Zonn

On 5/24/2012 6:43 AM, Andrew Welburn wrote:
> i think armis@pcdochouston.com needs to sort out his email settings or
> every post to vectorlist might spit out yet another one. repeat
> offenders should be taken off the list until they can sort it out.
>
> Andrew Welburn
> http://www.andys-arcade.com
>
> On 24/05/2012 04:30, Christopher X. Candreva wrote:
>>
>> All: I had to turn off the list for a few hours to stop what looked
>> like an
>> auto-reply storm.
>>
>> Please please please, make sure you turn off any spam verification
>> systems
>> for mail from the list. Also, do not reply to any such mail for the
>> list, as
>> it will go to everyone, not just the sender.
>>
>> As an aside, this is an example as to why I advise against the use of
>> these
>> types of anti-spam methods. Spam is almost always sent from a forged
>> address. When some poor guy is forged into a run of thousands of
>> messages,
>> he receives thousands of these "Please verify your address" messages.
>>
>> It's like cleaning your yard by blowing your leaves into your neighbor's
>> yard: Sure, it solves your problem, but only by making it someone
>> else's.
>>
>>
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>> WestNet Internet Services of Westchester
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