EarthLink spamBlocker

Abomination · July 8th, 2009, 02:23 AM

People email me begging and pleading that they just can not join my forum.

They sometimes have "spam blockers" like the Earthlink spam blockers. The forum software sends an activation email to them and there is an autoreply that says "Tell me a little bit about yourself and I'll pass the message on for approval". Of course the forum software does nothing and the person never receives the activation email.

So they send a pleading email saying they just cannot figure out what is going on! Then I manually activate the account and reply to their email. You guessed it I got the same auto reply from the Earth link spam blocker

Chris · July 8th, 2009, 02:25 AM

That auto-reply is hilarious (and I can see it being very annoying at the same time).

Abomination · July 8th, 2009, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Martin

That auto-reply is hilarious (and I can see it being very annoying at the same time).

Yeah well if they don't enable my forum to be a "trusted source" so the PM email notifications don't get bounced then they might get their account zapped in a hurry.

Soliloquy · July 8th, 2009, 10:32 AM

I occasionally get the email messages to get added to their whitelist, but I check the email address the forum messages are generated from. You don't check that email account?

Abomination · July 8th, 2009, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Soliloquy

I occasionally get the email messages to get added to their whitelist, but I check the email address the forum messages are generated from. You don't check that email account?

You mean check for bounced messages? Not really. I log in a few times a year.

Soliloquy · July 8th, 2009, 03:48 PM

I also use the account to send personal messages to forum members, so I log in regularly. It helps I use Eudora as my email client, for checking multiple email accounts easily.

Disasterpiece · July 9th, 2009, 08:22 PM

what is this service and why would someone want to use it?
just an anti-spam like spamassassin?

Abomination · July 10th, 2009, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Disasterpiece

what is this service and why would someone want to use it?
just an anti-spam like spamassassin?

Presumably it is an optional spam prevention device that comes with Earth link ISP. It is a 'white list' method of preventing spam, only accept emails from approved people.

I just emailed hostgator, they have a white list method implemented for support@hostgator.com

July 8th, 2009, 02:23 AM	#1
Abomination Zealot Posts: 1,189 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: California Experience: Intermediate Forums Admin/Mod: 2 Software: vBulletin 3.8.x	EarthLink spamBlocker People email me begging and pleading that they just can not join my forum. They sometimes have "spam blockers" like the Earthlink spam blockers. The forum software sends an activation email to them and there is an autoreply that says "Tell me a little bit about yourself and I'll pass the message on for approval". Of course the forum software does nothing and the person never receives the activation email. So they send a pleading email saying they just cannot figure out what is going on! Then I manually activate the account and reply to their email. You guessed it I got the same auto reply from the Earth link spam blocker

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