[Rockhounds] possibly OT or maybe not OT - spam filters

[Tim Fisher]

Exactly my issue as well. I stopped sending emails to customers from my
hosting service who has apparently been flagged as spammers by dozens of
providers. I even tried a bulk email service but it too flagged replies as
spam. I recently changed one of my business emails, got bogged down in other
stuff, then realized I wasn't getting forwarded mail from it. Every one had
bounced back from one of MY accounts to another one of MY accounts as spam
by MY hosting service. They still haven't fixed it. I put the blame on them
for that f-up.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rockhounds [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com] On
Behalf Of linda at middleearthminerals.com
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2023 11:03 AM
To: 'Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors'
Subject: [Rockhounds] possibly OT or maybe not OT - spam filters

I'd like to reply to Tim's comment that the "aggressive spam filters" (I
agree with the word "aggressive"!) "catch a miniscule % of emails that
aren't spam" (don't quite agree with "miniscule").  This might seem somewhat
off-rock-topics, but for those of you who order rocks from websites, it
might explain why some dealers seem to ignore your orders.  (Hint - check
your junk/spam folders frequently.)

Starting about a year and a half ago, over 1/2 of the emails I send from
"mybusiness dot com" are treated as spam by gmail, aol, hotmail, etc,
depending, I believe, on how the recipient's filters are set up.  But one
recipient, an engineering professor who decided to experiment on these
emails, was never able to find any setting for her gmail that would allow my
emails to come through more than once.  Every business owner that I know has
had the same problem if they use something like "mybusiness dot com".  I've
had to switch most of my correspondence to a gmail account - if you can't
beat 'em, join, 'em, I guess.  Tim, I'm surprised you haven't noticed this
in your business email?  If you have a trick, I'd love to hear it!

Anyway, mostly a warning for people to check their junk/spam folders, and I
admit, a bit of a rant about how big companies (almost invisibly) protect
their playing field from us little guys, sigh.

Linda

-----Original Message-----
From: Rockhounds <rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com> On Behalf Of
Tim Fisher
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 11:27 AM
To: 'Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors'
<rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com>
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] This Arkansas Town Could Become the Epicenter of a
U.S. Lithium Boom

Nospam was a joke to myself when spamming was rampant and email filters
couldn't keep up. So I'm not sure it did anything, but I didn't feel like
changing it back. My hosting service has aggressive spam filters now and I
know they catch a miniscule % of emails that aren't spam :D 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rockhounds [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com] On
Behalf Of J/P Davis
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2023 8:09 PM
To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] This Arkansas Town Could Become the Epicenter of a
U.S. Lithium Boom

Tim

How is the "nospam" working out.  I am looking for a better filter.

Joe Davis  (a long time reader seldom responder)


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