Re: sharperimage.com: Unsolicited Email Review Automated Response

[Jay Maynard <jmaynard@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Replying to a message on midrange-l...

Vernon Hamberg wrote:
>Maybe this list got hit by SpamCop's blacklist (I hear there are attempts
>to file a class-action suit against SpamCop). At least, there are
>instructions on how you can take care of this.

I followed those instructions.

OTOH, Spamcop (and every other resource and blacklist I'm aware of) does not
list servers that only send out mailing lists where true confirmation of
subscriptions is done, because they cannot, by definition, be used for
spamming.

As for the threatened lawsuit, I'll believe it when I see it. People
threaten to sue blocklists all the time, but only a tiny handful of suits
actually happen, and all but one have resulted in utter defeat for the
spammers filing the suit. (The one exception was a large corporation that
got MAPS to cave in instead of standing its ground, and effectively
destroyed MAPS as an anti-spam tool - but this didn't stop blocklists;
rather, it caused even more to spring up, and is widely viewed as
instrumental in convincing SPEWS to not be contactable.)