[Helpdesk] FW: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) spam filter??

[K.A. Rodgers]

Thank you for your reply.

Guess I may not have been clear -- these are messages I have tried to send
to a particular address that have been rejected by that address.


> From: Jonas Skardis <Pov at skardis.com>
> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:52:13 -0700
> To: "K.A. Rodgers" <krisrodgers at msn.com>, helpdesk <helpdesk at santafemug.org>
> Conversation: [Helpdesk] FW: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) spam
> filter??
> Subject: Re: [Helpdesk] FW: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) spam
> filter??
> 
> It's difficult to tell, but are these messages that you're trying to send
> and that have been bounced back to you, or are these random messages that
> have recently appeared in your email inbox?
> 
> In the event that you are trying to send to a person, and your messages are
> being denied, then it may benefit you to contact the ISP, or sign up for a
> free email address. (Yahoo, Gmail, etc.)
> 
> If this is the latter, (and I suspect that it is.) Then what happens, and
> this happens to many people out there. Then someone who sends spam is using
> your address as a reply-to address, (or something similar) so that when they
> send spam, your address is viewed to be the offending one, and not theirs
> This is a very common problem, and usually has no easy, or worthwhile
> solution, as replying to the emails only adds more confusion to your life,
> and is rarely, if ever, effective.
> 
> Spam is so pervasive, that junk email senders send to every possible
> combination of addresses, i.e. "karodgers at msn.com" and "karodgers2 at msn.com".
> And in order to cover their tracks, they have an equally long list of
> aliases, and people who they pretend to be. Often, the best thing to do, is
> be vigilant in cleaning out your email inbox, and empty the deleted items
> folder frequently.
> 
> -Jonas P Skardis
> 577-2151
> 
> 
>> Can anyone help with this?
>> 
>> My e-mails are being blocked by the intended recipient's spam filter.
>> 
>> Below is the diagnosis (not sure how they did it). Is it correct?
>> 
>> I have Norton Anti-virus, and the virus definitions are updated weekly. I
>> don't know what else to do. I haven't had this problem with any other
>> recipient.
>> 
>> Also, I don¹t know how to contact my ISP, which is msn, about this type of
>> problem ‹ except to call them. They don¹t seem to have any electronic
>> spam-reporting procedure. Has anyone else dealt with msn for this type of
>> thing?
>> 
>> Thanking you in advance.
> 
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