From: Sarasvati (root@unicode.org)
Date: Mon Dec 16 2002 - 21:17:08 EST
Most of you dwellers in sunlight have probably noticed: there is currently
a battle between spammers and e-mail users. If you subscribe to the
Unicode mail list or you send mail to Unicode.org, this affects you. Please
read.
Like many other companies, we use some black lists [*] to filter e-mail in
our attempt to limit incoming unwanted mail. Lots of other sites do this
as well. The sad situation is that normal e-mail connectivity among
consenting users is being adversely affected by the Evil Kings of
Spammerania. The adverse effects are increasing rapidly. [**]
On the basis of information we retrieve from black lists, we reject a
large number of "spam" messages per day at our gateway. Most of the spam is
originally targeted for unicode@unicode.org, specialty lists, and several
local accounts.
1. If you are subscribed to the Unicode mail list and you have attempted
to send mail to unicode.org, and that mail has been REJECTED due to our
spam filtering,
you can reach us by filling out the contact form here:
http://www.unicode.org/reporting.html
If you contact us, we will promptly see what we can do about the problem.
When you contact us, please make sure you include your accurate e-mail
address so that we can contact you about the situation. We never block
"hotmail.com" or "yahoo.com", so one easy option for you is to get an
account there and use it for sending/receiving Unicode list mail.
2. If you are subscribed to the Unicode mail list and we try to send YOU
list mail and that mail is rejected by YOUR domain's spam filtering, we may
attempt to contact you from another e-mail address to report. Please also
see this page:
http://www.unicode.org/consortium/notice-blacklist.html
(If we can't contact you, you'll simply be dropped after too many bounces.)
Unfortunately, unless someone comes up with a huge cash grant for
relocation and hardware, we are not in a position to change our ISP or
internet services any time soon, so please do not suggest that we change
ISPs or similar infeasible solutions.
Cheery regards from your,
-- Sarasvati
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[*]. You don't know what a black list is? Oh, please see here:
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/1143551
for example. That's not a balanced report, but you'll get the idea. Here's
another bit of interesting info:
http://www.cluelessmailers.org/
[**] We have logged an increase of over 220% in spam since May 2002.
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