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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:57 AM, John Ross <<a href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I have noticed that some people on the list who have comcast, that I send e-mails to; quite frequently the e-mails are returned as undeliverable. (Grammer)<br>
It appears that Comcast will blackball anyone, who sends from a server they have had a complaint about.<br>Comcast is the only one I have a problem with.<br>So perhaps they are being too zealous.<br>----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Richmond" <<a href="mailto:piano57@comcast.net" target="_blank">piano57@comcast.net</a>>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>To: "College and University Technicians" <<a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org" target="_blank">caut@ptg.org</a>><br></div>Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 11:53 PM
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><br>Subject: Re: [CAUT] spam<br><br><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Jim,<br><br>I use <a href="mailto:missed-spam@comcast.net" target="_blank">missed-spam@comcast.net</a> but, I don't know if it's just for folks with Comcast accounts.<br>
<br>I send in every bit, don't get repeats (like I did with another carrier) and don't believe I even get one a day.<br><br>Does BYU have anything set up? Can you contact the folks in charge of the computer system there? I used to talk with the computer guys at IWU when I was there--but that was a small school....<br>
<br>Barbara Richmond, RPT<br>near Peoria, Illinois<br><br><br>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Busby" <<a href="mailto:jim_busby@byu.edu" target="_blank">jim_busby@byu.edu</a>><br>To: "College and University Technicians" <<a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org" target="_blank">caut@ptg.org</a>><br>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 4:21 PM<br>Subject: Re: [CAUT] spam<br><br><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi Ron,<br><br>For years I have reported spam (especially scams) to <a href="http://spam.gov/" target="_blank">spam.gov</a>, as you have explained below, but have never seen any results from our government. Is there another address that I could use? And, how does one know if any action was taken, or if it is just a waste of time? Most don't have the abuse thing attached.<br>
<br>I'd gladly send the idiots away if I could. I get 5 or so a day.<br><br>Thanks.<br>Jim Busby BYU<br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank">caut-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank">caut-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of Ron Overs<br>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 2:24 PM<br>To: College and University Technicians<br>Subject: Re: [CAUT] spam<br><br>Hello all,<br><br>Unsolicited junk is the curse of the medium. I routinely report one<br>spammer/scammer per day to either our Australian authority which<br>
deals with it, or the server of origin if they have an abuse@****<br>address.<br><br>For example, Gmail seems to be rotten with scammer accounts. You can<br>open the offending email, click the "blah, blah blah" button to<br>
include the entire headers so that the server can identify the<br>scammer, then forward it to <a href="mailto:abuse@gmail.com" target="_blank">abuse@gmail.com</a>.<br><br>They'll usually close the account.<br><br>If we all did one per day the scoundrels might well be hunted from the web.<br>
<br>Ron O.<br>--<br>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY<br> Grand Piano Manufacturers<br>_______________________<br><br>Web <a href="http://overspianos.com.au/" target="_blank">http://overspianos.com.au</a><br>mailto:<a href="mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au" target="_blank">ron@overspianos.com.au</a><br>
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<div><br><br clear="all">I mark spam that gets through the spam filter(s) as spam and the providers do? I have one provided with my security suite(anti-virus,spyware,etc.)one on each of my e-mail providers, gmail for the techlists, yahoo for personal, incredimail for my domain e-mail.</div>
<div>The one I like the best is the incredimail it not only remembers/blocks future spam from that sender but bounces it back to the sender making it look, to them, as if it weren't a current e-mail!</div>
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<div>I do have to check the spam folder for those mistakenly placed there just as Paul does on gmail and yahoo.</div>
<div>Mike<br>-- <br>I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile. <br>Walter Chrysler <br><br><br><br>
Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div></div>