Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Wed Jun 11 17:34:19 CDT 2003
If spam checkers start ignoring "standard disclaimers", spammers will start sending messages with nothing but a "standard disclaimer" containing their message :-( On 11 Jun 2003 at 10:25, John Colby wrote: > Doesn't it seem we have the cart before the horse here? If this is a > standard disclaimer for businesses to use, shouldn't spam checkers ignore > it? I know my two spam checkers don't shove these messages into my spam > folder. > > Not that I mind getting rid of this crap from the messages we see... > > John W. Colby > www.colbyconsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Bryan > Carbonnell > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:11 AM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Repeat Emails > > > If they postmasters that add them follow standards, they should start with > '--' or '-- ' (that's two dashes possibly followed by a space, I don't > remeber which one it is) that may give our lovely list admins a possibility > of stripping them that way. > > Bryan Carbonnell > bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca > > >>> CWortz at tea.state.tx.us 11-Jun-03 9:49:59 AM >>> > Jim, > > As Debbie states, those disclaimers are added by their e-mail servers. > Many organizations require them to "Cover Their A**es" so their admins > have automatically added them to all e-mails sent by their e-mail > servers. > > I'm sure our List Administrator would be glad if you could come up with > a way to discover and strip off those disclaimers on incoming e-mails to > the List. > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Lexacorp Ltd http://www.lexacorp.com.pg Information Technology Consultancy, Software Development,System Support.