[AccessD] Repeat Emails

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.
> 
> 
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