[65426] in Cypherpunks
Re: unwanted mail..what can I do?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Fri Sep 13 23:28:26 1996
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 96 22:49:04 EDT
In-Reply-To: <960913194609_522174372@emout17.mail.aol.com>
AwakenToMe@aol.com writes:
> I recieved mail from netfree.com..
> I tried mailing it back (it def. had a forged address, but I got the netfree
> from the mail header.....)
> So anyway..... I tried sending to root@netfree....my mail was rejected (not
> unknown ...it was rejected by the system) said it wasnt authorized... so I
> tried support@netfree...same thing.
> It ISSSSS rather annoying...any sugestions?
Yes, a bunch of them:
1. Get a life. Learn to delete unwanted e-mail. Get a real shell account.
2. Ask AOL to let its users decide what e-mail to reject automatically (like
procmail). They've been promising this capability by the end of September.
Then you can set up your account to get no more e-mail from netfree.
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<a href="mailto:dlv@bwalk.dm.com">Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM</a>
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
