Karen Reznek <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Here is the (non)response I received from Earthlink when I asked: > > As a listowner and an Earthlink customer I am concerned about your new > "permission-based" spam-blocking technology. > > I understand that another listowner has written to you and been told that > (among other things) "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." > > My list is set up to reply to the sender, not to the list. Will the To: > address be used as the address permission has been granted to, or will > each of the almost 1,000 listmembers have to be added to the approved > list separately? > > Earthlink's second response (the first was a canned message on how to > report spam, after which I requested that they read my question): > > The new filters are still being beta tested. Therefore, we have no > guarantee at this time as to the affect it may have. Please check to see > if your list is filtered. If it is, it would show in the blocked email > list when you check your spam. It would be filtered to the spaminator > area. If we can be of further assistance, please let us know. > > -- Karen and other Earthlinkians, Sounds like the solution to whatever havoc they're about to wreak might be opting out of Spaminator. I've never signed up for Spaminator because I worried that it'd somehow interfere with my list stuff. I post to my list and to UseNet fairly regularly and don't get a heck of a lot of spam. When I do, I report it to the providers abuse address. Maybe 1 or 2 spams a day here. (Waits for big, spam filled anvil to drop...) maureen > Karen Reznek, *note new address* co-listowner - Asperger > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]