On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:31:23 -0700 Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mike McCarty wrote: > > has a valid domain, which results in actual sending and delivery > > of an e-mail. Robots which mine this address will flood the net > > with e-mails which must be discarded by earthlink.net. > > Trust me, ELNK deserves it. Any of their customers that turn on > their spam filtering are just turning on CR. Quick Google search > shows reports of their CR in effect as late as Feb 12, 2006. > > http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2006/02/12/earthlink-has-just-31-challenge-response-captchas/ > Outside of known spam deletion and suspect spam jailing, earthlink /does/ offer CR but it is a configurable thing, not a necessity even with spam filtering. Here's a snippet pasted from my own earthlink mail config page: -------------------------------------- Choose how spamBlocker should handle your incoming email: [...] Use Customized auto-response message Use Default auto-response message Delete Known spam immediately (do not save it in my Known spam folder): On Off --------------------------------------- Of course, I choose, "off." Cybe R. Wizard -- "We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
