Re: ***TiVo Mailing List - SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT***

["UKHA" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

>
>> implication is that anyone that runs thier own email server is a
>spammer, the
>
>I have never implied that at all.

I didn't say that *you* did....

>
>> fact that a (server) header does not match the domain is not an
>indication that
>> it's spam.
>
>It is for certain domain names. One of our checks is that any e-mail
>received with a sending domain of a popular web based account (eg.
Yahoo,
>MSN, Excite, etc) is rejected if the sending e-mail server is not of
the
>same domain. A vast amount of spam is rejected with this simple rule
>alone.

Quite right too.... however, many email checkers do this as a matter
of course, I'm just pointing out that, unless it is from one of those
instant
accounts, it's not a particularly valid check..

>
>And the spam situation is predicted to get worst, much worst. The
majority
>of our e-mail server resources and bandwidth are wasted in handling
spam.
>Spam is not as harmless as some people think.
>

I'd advocate using the secret email services about the web, at least they
allow
you to work out who or what gave your email address away.,,,,


Andy