Re: [vps-mail] auto-reply on vps2 Qs SOLVED

["Andy McKell, FOCUS Internet" <mac@xxxxxxxx>]

So autoresponders can get you blacklisted, now?
Someone sends me a spam and I get blacklisted?
Is this serious?
Welcome to the Wonderland world of Alice the SpamCop.

Andy

At 10:26 AM 2/15/2005 +0100, you wrote:

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> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:18:45 -0800, Matt Cohen <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Thanks for the persistency in your helpfullness - it caused me to go
> > back and play with it some more myself :)
>
> Not wanting to burst your bubble, but... You are aware of what happens when
> spam or a virus is sent to an address with an autoresponder hiding behind
> it, right?
>
> Just in case you aren't, the autoresponder will reply to the address from
> which the junk mail claims to be sent, i.e. an innocent 3rd party (or even a
> DNSBL maintainer's spam trap...) 99.999% of the time.
>
> Yes, it happens frequently, and it's grounds for listing in a few DNSBLs.
>
> No, I do not represent SpamCop, I'm just a happy customer of theirs.
>
> - --
> G. Stewart - gstewart@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in
> half and put it back in your pocket.
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