getting tired of this...

[Martin Hepworth]

Getting OT but.....

I had one yesterday, so I emailed postmaster at ...., abuse at .....,
actual-sender-of-complaint at ......

Guess what all non existant addresses.....

Maybe it's me, but all this pointy clicky M$ way of thinking for the
users and not having decently educated professionals administer systems
- just poeple who can just about play mine-sweeper is cripeling the
internet as no-one obeys standards anymore and they think they can
install and forget (not to mention write long rambling sentences:-)

goes off for coffee..

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Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


Ken Anderson wrote:
> Martin Hepworth wrote:
>
>> Ken
>>
>> stupid admins with stupid software that spams 'from' addresses with not
>> delivered etc emails....sigh.
>
>
> Even worse, this is client installed software, so it's just ignorant
> users doing what ignorant users do; clicking buttons, feeling empowered
> to 'report that spammer'.
>
> I emailed one such user who had send us a dozen or so complaints and
> explained the problem, but was almost immediately rewarded with another
> complaint, my email had been returned to me as spam.
>
> I emailed the company. No response. It's going to take some awareness on
> the part of consumers to get these companies to make better software.
>
> That's why I was hoping there was some sort of organization that had
> some respect in this area that could exert some pressure on these
> companies via the media, or by rewarding them with some silly logo for
> their site: 'A Member of the Responsible AntiSpam Software Association'
>
> Ken
> Pacific.Net
>
>> There was a rant on attrition.org about all this, I gotta say I agree
>> with him.
>>
>> Perhaps contacting the support desk of the people who make the software
>> and suggesting they change their defaults and ask their customers to do
>> the same????
>>
>>
>> --
>> Martin Hepworth
>> Snr Systems Administrator
>> Solid State Logic
>> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>>
>>
>> Ken Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> Junk sent to abuse at pacific.net
>>>
>>>> Hello. The spammer below is either using your resources to send out
>>>> bulk
>>>> unsolicited commercial e-mail or is deceptively trying to make it look
>>>> like
>>>> he is. In either case, a legitimate company like yours probably would
>>>> not
>>>> approve. The information below should be all you need.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We are seeing 5 a day and increasing, sent to our abuse address.
>>> In no case has it ever been a legit complaint of spam originating at our
>>> domain. It's always a forged header.
>>>
>>> The notification is generated by software called InboxShield, maybe
>>> others, that automatically email abuse@ every domain found in the header
>>> of spam when a customer clicks the 'report' button. Larger domains must
>>> be getting flooded with this stuff.
>>>
>>> Is there a group that these companies making anti-spam software can join
>>> that has some sort of principles and recognition of members who adhere
>>> to common sense anti spam techniques? This is really stupid software.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ken A
>>> Pacific.Net
>>
>>
>>
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