[WriteLog] Problem With Reflector EXPOSED!!!

[Steve Baron - KB3MM]

EXPOSED !

Immediate !

archaic !

> 5. Whoever is in charge of the FAQ should add (in RED) specific info that
> mail to be RECEIVED FROM the list will come as TO: writelog at contesting.com
> and not FROM writelog at contesting.com and to set filters accordingly
> (hopefully, this will help some other poor soul).  As more and more net
> users are forced to resort to heavier levels of anti-spam filtering, I see
> this becoming a major problem for many new subscribers.

HUH!

holey moley !


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Hilding" <eric at hilding.com>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 17:58
Subject: [WriteLog] Problem With Reflector EXPOSED!!!


> Dear WriteLog "Reflector" users:
>
> I have discovered several problems here with the WriteLog "Reflector"
which
> may affect others in the future as well.
>
> The FAQ needs immediate revision for us new subscribers getting 1,000+
spam
> emails per day which necessitates EXTENSIVE filtering to be able to
survive
> in CyberSpace.
>
> 1.  When I subscribed to:  writelog at contesting.com  I set up a special
> Unix-based filter to siphon ANY mail FROM writelog at contesting.com TO a
> special mailbox.
>
> 2.  I just discovered several WriteLog posts (misc. topics) which ended up
> in a V - i - r - u - s  trap mailbox, so there appears to be some garbage
> getting attached to some of the posts via the contesting.com mailserver or
> en route.
>
> 3. The posts did NOT come "FROM" contesting.com, therefore my filter:    *
> ^ From:.*writelog at .*contesting.com  could not even work, and the actual
> delivery is NOT to my 'subscribed' email domain address, but rather my ISP
> user domain address (this is an irritating problem with archaic 'mailing
> list subscription' programs.
>
> 4. My anti-spam filtering will NOT allow individual replies, which is why
> any 'mailing lists' subscribed require a domain-specific filter to be set
up.
>
> 5. Whoever is in charge of the FAQ should add (in RED) specific info that
> mail to be RECEIVED FROM the list will come as TO: writelog at contesting.com
> and not FROM writelog at contesting.com and to set filters accordingly
> (hopefully, this will help some other poor soul).  As more and more net
> users are forced to resort to heavier levels of anti-spam filtering, I see
> this becoming a major problem for many new subscribers.
>
> 6. IMHO, "Forum Boards" are a much more state-of-the-art way to go (as
used
> by many major software firms for support purposes)... like the Invision
> Power Board, PHPBB, etc., and also provide for specialty categories by
> topics, etc., etc. AND ... the ability to send Private Messages
> w-i-t-h-o-u-t having to involve email at all.  So much easier and
> efficient.  You can see an example at:  http://www.invisionboard.com ...
>
> 7. My apologies for any multiple posts, and if anyone replied to me
> directly and got one of my infamous nasty "bounce" messages, or it will
> just be auto-NUKED and I will never see it.  So sorry...but at 1,000+
> pieces of spam per day, it is the only way I can handle the volume of crap
> and forgeries.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> 73,
>
> Eric Hilding - K6VVA
>
>
>
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