[Comphelp] Spam filter?

[Phil Arcuni]

Hi Bob,

If you are a bonafide subscriber to the list you should have received a copy
of the message to the list. Recommend you check the status of your
subscription. If it is OK, then do not understand the problem. When I post I
get copies back from all the lists to which I subscribe.

The first reply is from, or on behalf of, a subscriber who is using a
challenge/reply spam filter. Only a real person can read the challenge
message, not a machine. If you respond you will be put on his white list,
otherwise you will continue to be ignored. Mailman is a machine, and cannot
respond, but an individual can. Not sure if the spam filter sees you as a
person or a machine. Though very effective, I consider them a nuisance, and
ignore these filters. Using one filters all spam, but incurs the risk of
many useful senders being ignored, when they do not reply. The trade
magazines recommend other spam filtering techniques.

Not sure if your second reply indicates a rejection or an acknowledgement.

Yes, both situations will most likely occur to all senders to the list.

Perhaps the D/28 list does not include the offending recipients????

 Best regards, Phil

Stf/C Phil Arcuni, SN
Assistant Chairman, ITCom
Mail Lists Administrator

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Schloemanb@aol.com>
To: <Comphelp@usps.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:08 PM
Subject: [Comphelp] Spam filter?


> I recently sent an email to our squadron mailing list (phoenix@usps.org)
and
> did not receive a direct copy back.  Instead I received two emails.  One
from
> nullroute@fusemail.com stating that:
>
> "The recipient of the message you recently sent uses a anti-spam blocking
> system.  We do not have your email address in our database as a human
verified
> sender.
>
> Your email was not delivered to the recipient.  Please verify that you are
a
> human by clicking below.  This is the only time you will be asked to
perform
> this."
>
> And the second from noreply@noreply.org which stated:
>
> "This is a auto reply to the mail you sent  thanks"
>
> The response from noreply included the message I had originally posted.
>
> I checked with other members of my squadron and found out that the orginal
> message was indeed sent to them from the USPS server.
>
> I am the administrator of the Phoenix SPS mailing list and am subscribed
of
> course.  Question is:  What the devil is going on here?  Is this going to
> happen to any one of our subscribers that may post a message?
>
> I am the administrator of the D28 mailing list and sent the same message
to
> that list without any problem.
>
> Stf/C Bob Schloeman, JN
> USPS Squadron Activities Committee
> Phoenix Sail & Power Squadron