[OT (slightly) ] Re: Please confirm your message

[Phil Davis]

Thanks Alex - I too receive this whenever I post to the list, and I 
agree with you.

Phil Davis


Alex Tweedly wrote:

> Every time I send a message to the use-rev list, I get an email such 
> as the one below. It's from a list member who hasn't had the good 
> grace to set up his spam filters to accept mail from the list that he 
> (or she) joined. Seems to me it's kind of impolite to join a list and 
> then expect every other contributor to take extra action to 
> accommodate your spam filters.
>
> I haven't yet taken the action suggested, and in fact, I'm not ever 
> going to take it, because it violates my idea of how things "should" 
> work, so pretty soon, I'll get around to blacklisting 
> "MAILER-DAEMON at his domain"  in my filters so I don't see these messages.
>
> Am I the only grumpy old man who doesn't like this ?
> Is it reasonable to ask the "guilty" party to fix their filters if 
> they wish to remain on the list ?
>    (Yes, I do realize he or she is probably not seeing this message  :-)
>
> In fact, would it be reasonable to ask the list maintainer to *ensure* 
> he fixes it ?
>
>
> MAILER-DAEMON at enoor.com wrote:
>
>> ** This is an automated message sent on behalf of aijaz at enoor.com.
>> ** Please do not reply to it.
>>    Hello.  You recently sent me an email message with a subject of:
>> "Re: Challenge..."
>>
>> I use an anti-spam service that uses an 'authorized senders list'.
>> The email message from you was from "alex at tweedly.net"
>> and that email address isn't in my authorized senders list yet.
>>
>> Since I don't recognize this email address, your email has been
>> stored in quarantine until you confirm that you indeed sent this
>> message.
>>
>> Once you confirm that you sent this message, your message will
>> automatically be inserted into my Inbox, and your email address
>> will be inserted into my authorized senders list, and you will
>> never receive this confirmation request again.
>>
>> To confirm your message, please visit the following web page:
>> http://webmail.enoor.com/verify/aijaz@enoor.com/Inbox/aQuarantine/cur/29481150836825.24973.webmail.enoor.com 
>>
>>
>> You can copy and paste the above link into your web browser.
>> If you do not respond within 2 days, the message will be
>> deleted automatically.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> To find out more about this anti-spam service, please visit
>> http://www.enoor.com
>>
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