Sounds like they are going to have special provisions for e-mails coming
from "legit" bulk e-mailers, which arguably is what a listserv is.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Quinion" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 3:21 AM
Subject: Re: [LSTOWN-L] Earthlink spam prevention system


> I have received a reply to my request for further information from
> Jerry Grasso ([log in to unmask]), Director, Corporate
> Communications, Earthlink. I'm not sure I understand it:
>
> > Users can set their precedence settings to bulk, list or junk.
> > For legitimate bulk emailers the auto-responses will always come
> > from a small set of servers and these servers will not carry any
> > non-auto-response mail, so they can feel free to block them by IP.
> >
> > If there are large sets of bulk mail in which these rules do not
> > catch, we will quickly change them.  If a third party provider has
> > a complaint after the product launches, they should contact
> > [log in to unmask] and the problem will be resolved as soon as
> > technically possible.
>
> Comments, anyone?
>
>
> --
> Michael Quinion
>
>