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>From ptomblin@XCSKI.COM Tue Mar 25 23:12:14 1997
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 17:02:00 -0500
From: Paul Tomblin <ptomblin@XCSKI.COM>
To: ISP-ADMIN-LIST@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: Re: AOL PreferredMail site list available
> On Wed, 6 Nov 1996, David O'Donnell wrote:
> > For those of you not on AOL, you can now view a list of the sites presently
> > covered by PreferredMail(tm) at
> >
> > http://www.idot.aol.com/preferredmail/
>
> What is this? A list of domain names from which AOL blocks email? I've
> never heard of PreferredMail. Is that the mail system AOL uses?
David can answer more authoritatively, but I believe "PreferredMail" is an
optional service to block mail from a list of spam sites. AOL was recently
challenged in court by a professional spammer on freedom of speech grounds,
and won. The court ruled that spam is not constitutionally protected free
speech - HOORAY!
BTW: My list of spam sites consists of a merger of that list, and a list I
got from Panix. It's quite big - 108 lines. I only recently got my sendmail
properly configured to reject email from all domains in the list, with much
help from a friend. The technique is to put the list in a file
(/etc/spam.domains), then put the following into the S0 ruleset of your
sendmail.cf:
FX/etc/spam.domains
R$* < @ $* $=X > $#error $: "You're a spam sucking low-life"
R$* < @ $* $=X . > $#error $: "You're a spam sucking low-life"
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