Re: murphy is listed on spamcop
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 08:43:32 +1100, Russell Coker
<russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
>On Tuesday 28 December 2004 21:55, Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
>> The leading German web-based mail providers are regularly blocked. 8-(
>
>What are the spam policies of those webmail companies like? Do they try to
>stop all the spam?
They have pretty stiff restrictions regarding volume of e-mail sent
out and the abuse depts lart quickly. They are no spam problem at all
even to people living in the middle of the target market for german
language spam.
>Webmail tends to get a lot of spam no matter what you do, so having them
>blocked is something you have to deal with. I know people who specifically
>configure their mail servers to block webmail...
Why don't these people shut down their mail servers completely? It's a
100 % effective spam filter.
>> Maybe the language barrier is the reason why the mail volumes differ.
>> After all. Spamcop is English-only, and I don't think the German
>> providers offer an English user interface. As a result, there's
>> probably little mail flowing between the two.
>
>One issue is having German admin people read spam reports in English. I
>imagine that the cheapest people you could hire in Germany would not know
>English very well.
They know English good enough to understand and process a complaint.
>Another issue would be false reports of spam. Recognising the difference
>between a vacation message and a spam in another language is usually too
>difficult. I generally send all mail I receive that isn't in English or
>Dutch to SpamCop. Everyone who has a legitimate cause to send me email knows
>to use English.
Your arrogance is remarkable.
Greetings
Marc
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