On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:36:45 +0100, Mark Goodge
 wrote:

>>Then why did it start silently discarding emails from my server 
>>which was not listed anywhere AFAIK and had sent hotmail about 100 
>>messages over five years, none of which were spam?  When I 
>>complained they invited me to join some email server accreditation 
>>system for a 5 figure sum.

>I don't know. I've never had any problems, so I can't comment from
>experience. I'm not saying their anti-spam systems are perfect, just
>that they're no worse than anyone else's.

You're missing the point.  They block servers and then demand money to
accept mail from them.  This is almost extortion.  I have had the same
problem, again with a perfectly valid mail system (reverse DNS all in
place and so on).

And I have also seen a lot of spam out of Hotmail.  I'm pretty sure
that some scumbag registers addresses in bulk and sells them to
spammers to use on a disposable basis.
 
Guy
-- 
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:26:15 +0100, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
 wrote:

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>And I have also seen a lot of spam out of Hotmail. 


Along time ago in the past perhaps.
These days very, very little spam comes from hotmail or live accounts.

My own experience is:

In my current spam trapped messages : 225 messages.

Number from  hotmail accounts : zero

Number from live accounts: zero

This is yet another of these cases where if *you* repeat a lie often
enough you think it will be accepted as the truth.


Perhaps others would care to share their spam levels from those two
accounts and then we can see if it *is* a problem.



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I have never said that I encourage my children to wear helmets.
I would challenge judith to find the place where I said I encourage my children to wear helmets.
I encourage my children to wear helmets. (Guy Chapman)