On: Mon, May 12, 2003 at 01:38:06PM -0500,Chris Barnes Wrote:

} Michael Quinion <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
} > Can anybody put my mind at rest on this?
}
} Here is the response I got from the folks at Earthlink:
} * *
} Messages are kept in a temporary spam folder for 14 days. When a
} customer sees the legitimate message, they can move the message to their
} regular inbox, and add the address to their approved senders list
} themselves. No reply is necessary, however if they don't check their
} mailbox for 2 weeks then any messages in the possible spam folder are
} automatically deleted. Addresses only need to be added once before they
} are permanently approved. Just make sure to keep sending your mailing
} list from the same address, and you shouldn't have any problems with
} delivering the list.
} * *
}
} Sounds reasonable to me - it puts the burden of managing their list
} traffic back onto the subscriber (where it belongs).

Except that means that each dirtlink subscriber will have to add every
poster to the good list as most lists appear to be from the originator
(except digests).

--
Rich Greenberg   Work:  Rich.Greenberg atsign worldspan.com  + 1 770 563 6656
N6LRT   Marietta, GA, USA   Play: richgr atsign panix.com    + 1 770 321 6507
Eastern time zone.   I speak for myself & my dogs only.     VM'er since CP-67
Canines:Val(Chinook,CGC,TT), Red & Shasta(Husky,(RIP))        Owner:Chinook-L
Atlanta Siberian Husky Rescue. www.panix.com/~richgr/   Asst Owner:Sibernet-L