John <agent007=email-agents.com@spamarrest.com>
Louis LeBlanc
leblanc+freebsd at keyslapper.org
Wed Apr 16 04:54:19 PDT 2003
On 04/15/03 04:50 PM, Louis LeBlanc sat at the `puter and typed:
> This is really an underhanded way to 'prevent' spam. Basically,
> Spamarrest requires you validate yourself to them before they'll allow
> your mail through to their customers. Of course, if you read their
> fine print, you're basically giving them permission to send you
> information about their service. Essentially, they wind up spamming
> you directly until you buy their service. They make no promises as to
> the privacy of your contact info, and they provide no easy way to be
> taken off their list.
>
> I never see this because I put the following in my /etc/mail/access
> file:
> spamarrest.com 550 Go Away Spamarrest!
Looks like this works. found this in my daily run output:
Checking for rejected mail hosts:
1 spamarrest.com
. . .
Probably better to nip it in the bud rather than accept it, filter it,
and move it around or delete it.
L
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