[BC] Where did it go?

[Barry Mishkind]

The year, I mean.

Welcome to November.

This is the BROADCAST list, and just a quick note to say thanks to 
all those who participate and share your thoughts and experience.

Please note that as much as 85-90% of all email at some servers (AOL 
reported this last week, for example) is spam. The filters are 
getting more picky and email is sometimes delayed or lost.

The biggest problem on the list is when someone who is not subscribed 
sends a post, and then wonders why the post takes so long.  The 
majority of cases are due to the poster not being subscribed.  Some 
days I can find and "clear" things faster than others.

Another problem that has popped up this past month is that many juno 
addresses are caught and labelled "spam" somewhere along the road. I 
am trying to figure out a way to deal with this, but it is a 
problem.  There is also a server in the NE that likes to label things 
"bulk" ...       In these cases, if you see these in the subject 
line, please delete them.

Why?  Because many of the filters in mail readers and servers are of 
the type that "learns" over time. If we send posts through the list 
with "spam" and "bulk" and "test" on them, the filters "learn" and 
then block everything from the list. Accordingly, I have had to block 
those three words from subject lines.

One other question I will note this month. Some of you have noticed 
that the headers show the posts come from 
"broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net" ... this has nothing to do with 
real bouncing email.  It is a term that mailman uses.  I've  asked 
Chris if we can change it, but so far, have not been able to do 
anything with it.  If any of you have experience with mailman and can 
help, please let me know.

Thanks for being part of the BROADCAST group!

barry




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Barry Mishkind     -       Tucson, AZ    -   520-296-3797