Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: about the zygote freebie exclusive email thing

Darth_Logice opened this issue on Jul 22, 2000 ยท 13 posts


CharlieBrown posted Tue, 25 July 2000 at 11:43 AM

{I checked into the problem and have found that allot of AOL users were not able to get the e-mail, due to the new filters that AOL has that tries and helps prevent SPAMMING of their members (which doesn't always work, since my AOL box gets about 20 SPAM mails a day!).} Jack, the Spam blocker doesn't work in three cases: 1) The spam originates within AOL (either by a member - who often soon loses their account - or staff). 2) The spam is somehow relayed via an AOL account (often pirated for just that purpose), or 3) The e-mail is from a group that obtained a free "mass-email" license from AOL (my wife went through the work of getting these for two lists she was on; it required about three days of e-mailing them back and forth and filling out two forms). These groups are "sign-up only" - you have to register somewhere to get the e-mail - but some people have set these up to abuse the concept. AOL does the best job of most ISPs to block spam, coming in at around 95% of externally generated spam and about 20% of internal spam - but that still means MILLIONS of pieces get through each day. And the filter limit is set for, IIRC, 50 addresses.