So far this seems to be working well. I have not received any word that a
valid email was blocked and I have received (and replied to) a number of
emails from around the world...

Including one from Adam Davis with all the standard spam keywords in it...
Which my filter did NOT block! Think about this... Adam is a friend and if
he wants to talk to me about v eye ah gu rrr ah then that should NOT be
blocked. And I am NOT whitelisting on "tanstaafl" just not blocking based on
keywords, filters, etc...

Send me an email, see if it gets through:

mailto:jamesnewton@massmind.org?subject=tanstaafl_test

And email jamesnewton@piclist.com if you get a rejection or don't hear my
reply by tomorrow.

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James.
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu 
> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of James Newtons Massmind
> Sent: 2006 Sep 12, Tue 16:01
> To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'
> Subject: [OT] please test the new email server
> Importance: Low
> 
> Could everyone please help me test the new email server?
> 
> It is very aggressive with regard to rejecting spam, and I am 
> a bit worried that it will prevent valid emails from getting 
> through. This server is designed to instantly reject email 
> while the sending server is still connected and send back a 
> message as to why it was rejected so that a legitimate 
> sending user at least knows that the message was not delivered.
> What it does NOT do, is send me a copy of rejected emails, 
> the result being that I don't have to look through the 
> several thousand (a day) junk emails I get to try to figure 
> out if there are any false positives from the spam filter.
> 
> If you have not already done so, and it is still in September 
> of 2006, would you please send an email to:
> 
> jamesnewton@massmind.org
> 
> With tanstaafl in the subject.
> 
> Or just click here:
> 
> mailto:jamesnewton@massmind.org?subject=tanstaafl_test
> 
> You can use any subject and text, but please include 
> tanstaafl so I can know why I got the email. (tanstaafl = 
> there aint no such thing as a free lunch).
> 
> 
> I will respond within a day to let you know I received the email.
> 
> NOW: The important part: If you don't get a reply or you DO 
> get a bounce, please let me know what you think of it by 
> forwarding that to me at jamesnewton@piclist.com which is on 
> the old server.
> 
> I REALLY appreciate the help in testing this new system. A 
> number of "experts" are telling me it will not work and I 
> will loose a lot of email from people who are legit, but I 
> don't see why.
> 
> ---
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