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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 1 Jan 2005, 01:09 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,323
Posted By mlibbey
That's a little overstated -- AOL uses SPF...

That's a little overstated -- AOL uses SPF records to update their whitelist. Not that all domains with an SPF record are whitelisted. SPF records are supposed to be a pre-requisite to whitelisting...
Forum: The Technical Zone... 13 Oct 2004, 04:44 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,557
Posted By mlibbey
SMTP actually stands for Simple Mail Transfer...

SMTP actually stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. It's the language used to send email, regardless of who or what is doing the sending. When you send an email to x@hotmail, generally your...
Forum: The Technical Zone... 13 Oct 2004, 04:31 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,388
Posted By mlibbey
More details

Just a few details about forwarding:
- When forward.com sends the mail to storage.com (yes, via SMTP), the envelope from (ie, where bounces are supposed to be delivered) generally stays the same. ...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 26 Sep 2004, 01:10 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,099
Posted By mlibbey
Re: Re: SPF breaks pobox??

Perhaps they just put one in.
host -t TXT pobox.com
pobox.com text "v=spf1 mx mx:fallback-relay.%{d} a:webmail.%{d} a:smtp.%{d} a:emerald.%{d} redirect=%{l1r+}._at_.%{o}._spf.%{d}"
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 26 Sep 2004, 01:08 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,099
Posted By mlibbey
This is exactly why you need to use the ?all or...

This is exactly why you need to use the ?all or ~all tag instead of -all in your SPF DNS record. If the email you send could be forwarded (ie users of your domain ever send email to earthlink,...
Forum: Email Help Needed! 10 Aug 2004, 11:58 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 958
Posted By mlibbey
looks like the IP that connected to gmail was...

looks like the IP that connected to gmail was 65.254.50.114, which doesn't appear to be blacklisted by the public lists. I suppose its possible that gmail goes back one hop, but pretty unlikely. ...
Forum: Email Help Needed! 10 Aug 2004, 12:23 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 958
Posted By mlibbey
What IP is used to send your mail? You can find...

What IP is used to send your mail? You can find it by clicking the more options link near the top right, then clicking the "Show original" link. In the resulting page, find the header begining with...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 15 Jul 2004, 12:38 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,311
Posted By mlibbey
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Is Content Filtering Dead?

Long term or short term?
Short term, a lot. The trojan horses probably do not have the user's username/password/smtp settings quite figured out yet. Long term, somewhat. Trojans will eventually...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 11 Jul 2004, 02:15 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,434
Posted By mlibbey
I think qmail uses an exponential backoff...

I think qmail uses an exponential backoff strategy for temporary errors -- try immediately after, then after 1 min, then after 5 min, then 30min etc (values for illustrative purposes only).

I'd not...
Forum: Early Warning... 11 Jul 2004, 01:48 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 24,734
Posted By mlibbey
I think they are saying that IMAP retrieval...

I think they are saying that IMAP retrieval support in wemail is rare as opposed to a version of IMAP. [IMAP effectively allows syncing of your client with the server.]

Does/did Oddpost only allow...
Forum: Early Warning... 9 Jul 2004, 12:13 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 882
Posted By mlibbey
Re: Yahoo deleted all my spams!

Have you
a) downloaded your mail into a POP client (check to see if your settings have you download your bulk folder and don't have leave on server in your client on)
b) recently clicked the empty...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 5 Jul 2004, 12:30 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,756
Posted By mlibbey
It's technically possible in the mozilla based...

It's technically possible in the mozilla based clients, but not in Mac IE nor in safari (at least yet) -- Windows IE and mozilla both have features that allow html composition. The mozilla version...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 24 May 2004, 02:35 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 6,190
Posted By mlibbey
I think that SPF/CID will end up being mostly...

I think that SPF/CID will end up being mostly about policy (it is Sender Policy Framework after all), and one of the important policies will be that the sender signs messages a public-key...
Forum: Early Warning... 24 May 2004, 02:29 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,674
Posted By mlibbey
What would you suggest? (ie, what technology...

What would you suggest? (ie, what technology should be invented by the email industry to prevent forgery?)
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 22 May 2004, 12:45 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 6,190
Posted By mlibbey
Yeah -- it seems to me to be quite a backtrack. ...

Yeah -- it seems to me to be quite a backtrack. The author of SPF, Meng Wong, notes that this now requires a "flag day"
http://archives.listbox.com/spf-discuss@v2.listbox.com/200405/0198.html
and...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 21 May 2004, 03:02 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 6,190
Posted By mlibbey
oh lord. do we really need another address? ...

oh lord. do we really need another address? Isnt the envelope from, body From: header, sender, resent-sender, resent-from, and list-id enough for us to be thoroughly confused already?
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 14 May 2004, 12:07 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,132
Posted By mlibbey
The actual release of the restraining order said...

The actual release of the restraining order said that the release was not due to the merits of the case, but rather that the case was more complex than originally thought. So, while IronPort "won"...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 13 May 2004, 12:29 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,189
Posted By mlibbey
The only reliable way to do a return-reciept is...

The only reliable way to do a return-reciept is to store the actualy email on some other trackable site and email the person the link saying that the mail is there. Obviously, this will...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 11 May 2004, 12:47 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 5,193
Posted By mlibbey
Actually this isn't quite true -- the penalties...

Actually this isn't quite true -- the penalties is taken from the bond after a lot of spam reports. There is a minimum threshold of reports/mails sent (I think its ~2%) over a certain amount of time...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 11 May 2004, 12:30 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,733
Posted By mlibbey
Hmm. Half.com IS ebay.com so its not surprising...

Hmm. Half.com IS ebay.com so its not surprising they have the same policies. Ebay is all about providing a trusted community experience -- my guess is that they feel that a free email address is...
Forum: Google Gmail Forum 11 May 2004, 12:25 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,869
Posted By mlibbey
I'm not sure it an advantage or not, but gmail is...

I'm not sure it an advantage or not, but gmail is definitively indexing the email as it arrives -- you can send yourself a test message with a word not previously in your mailbox, then search for...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 10 May 2004, 12:54 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,479
Posted By mlibbey
what do you mean by "personalities" -- the...

what do you mean by "personalities" -- the outlook express verion where you have multiple inboxes (effectively like multiple accounts to log into), fastmail's changing the from line, or something...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 3 May 2004, 12:57 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,846
Posted By mlibbey
I'd prefer a tag to do this instead of a doctype....

I'd prefer a tag to do this instead of a doctype. Why? There are many sites (blogs, message boards such as this, email services, etc) that need to have javascript, forms etc for the administrated...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 3 May 2004, 12:45 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,733
Posted By mlibbey
I havent seen that, but I have seen sites that...

I havent seen that, but I have seen sites that have poor rules for what charaters are acceptible in an email address (like not allowing a "-" or "+" both of which are common in disposable email...
Forum: Google Gmail Forum 28 Apr 2004, 12:32 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,498
Posted By mlibbey
Gmail poll: will you switch?

Now that gmail has been thouroughly discussed, are you planning on switching over to use it once available?
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