Comcast plays the heavy with email providers in the spam wars

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

Hi,

Any opinions on this move by Comcast against POBox.com?  Have any other
email providers or ISPs been hit with this same ultimatum by Comcast?  Are
other ISPs also trying to play the heavy against smaller email proviers?

I also don't see how this change cuts down on spam messages going to Comcast
customers.  It does however, block spam messages which originate on spam-bot
infected PCs belonging to Comcast customers.

If I were a pobox.com customer, I would wonder about their anti-spam
filters.  I hate to miss a legit email message because it was considered
spam.  I run the built-in Outlook anti-spam software and it requires a bit
of fiddling to get all the options set correctly to avoid loosing real
messages.

Richard M. Smith
http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com

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Begin forwarded message:

> *From: *Pobox Customer Service <pobox () pobox com <mailto:pobox () pobox com>>
> *Date: *October 30, 2006 7:38:28 PM EST
> *To: 
> *Subject: **Comcast.com continuing to block Pobox mail*
> *Reply-To: *pobox () pobox com <mailto:pobox () pobox com>
>
> Dear Pobox Customer:
>
> As you may know, over the past several weeks, one or more Pobox mail
> servers have been blocked from delivering mail to Comcast.com.  This
> has resulted in bounced mail, sometimes for hours at a time.
>
> After several weeks of going back and forth with their technical team,
> we have today been more or less given an ultimatum.  Comcast has
> insisted that if we would like to continue delivering mail to their
> customers, we must require Spam Protection for every account
> forwarding mail to Comcast.
>
> I am contacting you because, at this time, you have specified that we
> never filter mail for your Pobox account. Unfortunately, effective
> Friday, November 3rd, we will no longer be able to support that option.
>
> Please go to
>
>   https://www.pobox.com/login/mason/antispam/
>
> and activate Spam Protection for your account.  At a minimum, it must
> hold mail that match Standard conditions. If no Spam Protection has
> been applied to your account by Thursday, November 2nd, we will
> activate Spam Protection Standard conditions, holding messages.
>
> If you would like us to continue not applying any Spam Protection to
> your account, I must ask you to find an alternate forwarding address.
>
> I deeply apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. I would
> strongly encourage you to contact Comcast as well, if you find this to
> be a problem.
>
> If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at
> pobox () pobox com <mailto:pobox () pobox com>.
>
> cheers
> Vanessa Cannon
> Customer Service
> pobox () pobox com <mailto:pobox () pobox com>
> http://www.pobox.com
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------


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