Safe Spam (Sex?)

The power of the written word… ;)




In an email to a coworker I explain why the email that was sent from one of their agents was blocked.

Your email provider has flagged where (name left blank)’s email was sent from as
coming from an IP used for spam. Typically companies who are on shared services
(i.e. DSL) will see this if one of the users has sent spam. When an IP gets
flagged for spam, all users that use that IP even if not in conjunction with the
person who sent the spam, will still have their mail flagged as spam. Most email
companies rely on spamcop to tell them if an IP is flagged. If spamcop sees it
flagged then the email being sent gets blocked. We used to get that all the time
when we were using DSL service and (name removed) webhosting. The good news is that spamcop removes IP addresses if there is no further spam activity in 24
hours. Does this make sense? Let me know if you have questions.

Here is the response I received back (WARNING: Do not drink while reading this :P)

If you change a few words in your text--it is almost like a "birds and the bees"
discussion. "Companies who share services (sex), one of the users has sent spam
(sperm) and are randomly chosen, even if not in conjunction with the person who
sent the spam (sperm) and will be flagged (pregnant or not) for it. Spamcop
(birth control) sees the flagging (sex) and the spam (sperm) is blocked. Contact
the ISP (OBGYN) to see what you do to avoid or not, this problem. And do not
forget, no flagging (sex) for 24 hours until it might be safe again.

And that's today's wise point ;) Have a great day!