SqueeksDad
I Miss Her
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join:2002-09-14
Hyattsville, MD
clubs: 
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Comcast
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| Firetrust Problems?
Trying to access »www.firetrust.com to update my subscription and getting page timed out errors? Anyone else not able to access?
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takfuji
join:2002-04-02
52008 | Sounds they had a server problem for a while.
Read this thread:
»castlecops.com/posts119645-0.html
Tak |
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cookeys
Premium,MVM
join:2001-06-10
Orland Park, IL
clubs: | reply to SqueeksDad
I got an email from them yesterday about Mailwasher 5.0 coming out. Maybe their servers got overloaded? |
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NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| said by cookeys  :I got an email from them yesterday about Mailwasher 5.0 coming out. Maybe their servers got overloaded? Version 5.0, and still promoting "bouncing":
"Bounce back unwanted email to the spammer so it looks as if your email address is not valid."
The problem is the "bounce" is a new message, sent from the operator's computer, impersonating the operator's MAILER-DAEMON agent, using the forged email address in the Return-Path: as the recipient. That will give the recipient of the Mail Washer Fake Bounce all the information necessary to file an abuse complaint with the operator's ISP.
I do file abuse complaints about MW Fake Bounces.
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Norman
~A deam, dream, no dream
~Voices of the night go across the forest
~A dream, dream, no dream
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Ugly
Fishy Cool Bird
join:2001-12-12
The Meadow
·Comcast
| said by NormanS :said by cookeys :I do file abuse complaints about MW Fake Bounces. I do not waste my time; life's too short. But agree completely folks need to check the header BEFORE bouncing. Often, yet not always, the return address does not have any connection to the true sender. This is an old spammer trick. Misuse of bounce feature does not help. Nontheless bouncing has legitimate use in a few cases. --
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cookeys
Premium,MVM
join:2001-06-10
Orland Park, IL
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| said by Ugly :said by NormanS :said by cookeys :I do file abuse complaints about MW Fake Bounces. LOL! I've been misquoted. My understanding was that Firetrust was supposed to remove the bouncing "feature" from Mailwasher this time around. |
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NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| said by cookeys :LOL! I've been misquoted. My understanding was that Firetrust was supposed to remove the bouncing "feature" from Mailwasher this time around. Yes. I noticed that. I am guessing that somebody didn't clean up the quote tags properly. The attribute should have been to me. Complaining about abuse is like taking out the trash; somebody has to do it.
The bounce feature is still shown in their FAQ. Once they lose that abusive abomination, they will become a proper spam fighting tool.
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Norman
~A deam, dream, no dream
~Voices of the night go across the forest
~A dream, dream, no dream
~Good night my good child |
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