RE: What is THE MOST RESPONSIVE email list on the internet? (fwd)

Hi Chris, What you want is TMDA - please goto www.tmda.net for more info. This is not the correct list to post queries about mailing solutions. - Div > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Ihlenfeld [mailto:dc-net@digital-concepts.net] > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 3:11 PM > To: Rasmus Lerdorf > Cc: webmaster@php.net > Subject: Re: What is THE MOST RESPONSIVE email list on the > internet? (fwd) > > > I was referring to when I sent an email to you, I have to > reply to a confirmation email before my original email was > delivered to you!. Your automodirator thing... > > ------ > This is an automatic reply to an email you sent to a PHP > project mailing address protected by our 'self-moderation' > system. To reduce the amount of spam received at these > addresses, we require you to confirm that you're a real > person before your email will be allowed through. > > All you have to do in order to have your original message > sent is send an email to confirm@php.net with the following > text (square brackets and all): > > [confirm: 8032b3868d1c39e13cc4adc34946f6a5 > dc-net@digital-concepts.net] > > which you should be able to do simply by replying to this > email. (Don't worry, any leading text added for quoting will simply be > ignored.) > > After we have received your confirmation, > "dc-net@digital-concepts.net" will be added to the list of > pre-approved mail addresses for all of the PHP project mail > addresses, your original message will be delivered, and > future emails from that address will be delivered without > delay automatically. > > You will not receive any confirmation of your confirmation -- > your original message (and any other messages you have sent > since then) will simply be sent to its original destination > (possibly after a short delay). > > Sorry for the hassle, but the volume of unsolicited > commercial email sent to these addresses has made this step necessary. > ----- > > I want to put something like this on my server, so that > atleast it stops the forged spams. > > Chris > > > On Tue, 6 May 2003, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > On Tue, 6 May 2003, Chris Ihlenfeld wrote: > > > > > I am very upset my email address I used at php.net > > > (php.net@digital-concepts.net) found its way into a > spammers email > > > list. > > > > > > Can you explain this?? > > > > There are plenty of web interfaces out there to the php.net mailing > > lists. The ones we have any say over obfuscate or strip the email > > addresses completely, but there are many others that don't. > There is > > simply no guarantee that someone will not put your email > onto the web > > somewhere when you post to a public mailing list. > > > > -Rasmus > > > > >