Comments on: You Have the Right to Remain Silent…. Fingerprinting Email? http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent-fingerprinting-email/ Internet Safety, Windows Updates, Internet News, and More Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:39:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: DH http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent-fingerprinting-email/#comment-80824 DH Mon, 21 May 2007 06:57:26 +0000 /?p=7#comment-80824 I have a feeling that everyone.net is looking at this only because it will benefit them. I have used their service for sometime and have found that SpamShield Lite, which they make available to users for spam control, does not work correctly on their servers. I have tried via emails to site administrators and everyone.net to correct the problem over many weeks, but they refuse to take any action . In a nutshell, you can specify in SpamShield Lite that email from a particular domain or email address be blocked, and it still passes through to the in-box. In addition, the "block all email except from approved senders" functionality does not work. In my opinion, not only does everyone.net allow spam, it apparently promotes it. They have certainly shown no interest in correcting the problem and it should not be that difficult to correct. It is not a case of fuzzy or Bayesian logic, but simply a pass or not pass based on domain name or email address, and SpamShield Lite has that functionality. It just isn't implemented. It would appear that it has been intentionally turned off because they have a vested interest in seeing that the user continues to receive spam. I have a feeling that everyone.net is looking at this only because it will benefit them. I have used their service for sometime and have found that SpamShield Lite, which they make available to users for spam control, does not work correctly on their servers. I have tried via emails to site administrators and everyone.net to correct the problem over many weeks, but they refuse to take any action . In a nutshell, you can specify in SpamShield Lite that email from a particular domain or email address be blocked, and it still passes through to the in-box. In addition, the “block all email except from approved senders” functionality does not work.

In my opinion, not only does everyone.net allow spam, it apparently promotes it. They have certainly shown no interest in correcting the problem and it should not be that difficult to correct. It is not a case of fuzzy or Bayesian logic, but simply a pass or not pass based on domain name or email address, and SpamShield Lite has that functionality. It just isn’t implemented. It would appear that it has been intentionally turned off because they have a vested interest in seeing that the user continues to receive spam.

]]> By: Josh http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent-fingerprinting-email/#comment-5 Josh Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:34:15 +0000 /?p=7#comment-5 Sounds interesting.. Try it Sounds interesting.. Try it

]]> By: Jeff Partridge http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent-fingerprinting-email/#comment-4 Jeff Partridge Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:45:57 +0000 /?p=7#comment-4 Not to mention that theose thousands of bounce messages end up in someone's over-stuffed mailbox! Not to mention that theose thousands of bounce messages end up in someone’s over-stuffed mailbox!

]]> By: Jeff Dougherty http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent-fingerprinting-email/#comment-3 Jeff Dougherty Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:59:53 +0000 /?p=7#comment-3 Another thing that should be discussed is ISP's that "bounce" infected emails. Nowadays, most of the time the return email address is forged so bouncing the infected email really does no good except add to the increase in wasted bandwidth. Another thing that should be discussed is ISP’s that “bounce” infected emails. Nowadays, most of the time the return email address is forged so bouncing the infected email really does no good except add to the increase in wasted bandwidth.

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