Re: [NTLK] Spam Arrest Verification for List Posting

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Tue Mar 25 2003 - 03:20:51 PST


John M Powell wrote:

> Which I think is exactly why we've (I just got my first) not
> been too happy with this email verification 'spam' from
> SpamArrest. I'm not going to add my email address to THEIR
> database. There should be a way to accept emails from the
> Newtontalk list. I'd suggest investigating it post haste.

The most foolproof way (more foolproof than filtering for "[NTLK]" in the
subject) is to filter for the 'x-list' header. Set up a filter rule so that
if x-list = newtontalk then move the message to the Newtontalk folder. Only
the list software adds this header to NTLK-posted messages.

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