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 > >