[LINK] Do not call register email

[Rick Welykochy]

Tom Worthington wrote:

> At 11:50 AM 15/05/2007, Antony Barry wrote:
>> ... do not call register uses a confirming email... My spam filter 
>> (spamsieve) thought it was
>> spam.  ...
> 
> Spam Assassin rated the do not call register message to me at 2.3. This 
> is a long way from being Spam (10), but even so, I suggested they change 
> the format of the message 

This is a case of the tail wagging the dog.

Spammers have worked for years at crafting their messages to reflect
the content and style of non-spam "real" emails.

Are we now at the stage of doing the reverse, i.e. crafting emails
that do not look like spam?

And if SpamAssassin complains today, perhaps SpamKiller will complain
tomorrow. How does one craft an email that safely makes it through
all popular spam filters, including those that live inside modern
email clients?

Sounds like an exercise in futility if you ask me. I have far better
things to do than carefully craft each message I send so that it
is not caught in a spam trap somewhere.


cheers
rickw


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