[Suresh is the top anti-spam guy (and a thoughtful one too) at Outblaze, which many companies use for outsourced mail. Outblaze's market share is around 5%-10% of total Internet email addresses. I missed Suresh's mail from last month about Mail-block.com but found it and attached it below. Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04699.html --Declan] --- Subject: Re: FC: Email a Mail-block.com customer, get an advertisement From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <sureshat_private> To: declanat_private Cc: politechat_private, Support@mail-block.com, mediaat_private In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030429210841.010d4d10at_private> Date: 30 Apr 2003 08:10:48 +0530 Well, we are blocking them for spamming our postmaster desk with this, a'la Spamarrest. Their response was "this is an autoresponder. are you on drugs, calling it spam?" Looked far more like an ad than an autoresponder to me ... and exactly like what Spamarrest pulled. I guess if you grep your incoming folder for politech reports, you will find mail from me reporting this, sent last month. srs > Received: from smtp.695online.com (smtp.695online.com [66.242.238.178]) by corpmail.outblaze.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE78B520CB for <postmasterat_private>; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:31:12 +0000 (GMT) > Received: from mail-block.com (blk2.mail-block.com [64.89.108.202]) by smtp.695online.com (8.12.8/8.12.5) with SMTP id h2S8aRWf003292 for <postmasterat_private>; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 03:36:27 -0500 > Delivered-To: postmasterat_private > Message-Id: <157392003352883128312@mail-block.com> > X-Em-Version: 5, 0, 0, 0 > X-Em-Registration: #0040530110571F00BC00 > From: "Mail-Block" <bounce@mail-block.com> > To: "postmaster" <postmasterat_private> > Subject: Message from 695online.com > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 3:31:28 -0500 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII > X-Antivirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.6; VAE: 6.18.0.3; VDF: 6.18.0.20; host: corpmail.outblaze.com) > > [695online.com gif logo trimmed] > > Message from 695online.com > This letter is being sent to you because you have used our Mail-Block > System. > > Not to long ago, you sent a message to one of our customers currently > using this system to stop unsolicited email from being sent to them, > now you can see the power of using the Mail-Block Technology. > > This system is completely unique to any other anti Spam system > currently being offered. Here at 695online.com we don't make the > choices for you on what you can receive and not receive, that decision > is left to you the customer and no one else! > > Mail-Block gives you that choice. > > > > In addition we have bundled this amazing technology with one of the > lowest cost nationwide Internet services available today. > 695online.com is just that $6.95 per month and it is just that > simple. You may just need a web based email account using Mail-Block > and we do provide that to for just $29.95 per year! > > http://www.mail-block.com > > If we can assist you in saving money each month and at the same time > receive the best technology today for stopping unsolicited email > please contact us at our office at 386-253-8703 or by visiting us at > http://www.695online.com > > For a limited time all signups will get the gold plan for a thirty-day > preview period. And can upgrade at any time if they wish. > > Again, we want to thank you for reading this message. > > Thank you, > > > Robert Craddock > > CEO / 695online.com > > --- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 10:05:19 +0530 To: declanat_private From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <sureshat_private> Subject: mail-block.com - yet another spamarrest type case Spammed my postmaster mailbox with two ads for their service (what, they haven't heard of sort|uniq?) - apparently because someone using them mailed us .. sheesh. Won't people ever learn? srs Received: from smtp.695online.com (smtp.695online.com [66.242.238.178]) by corpmail.outblaze.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE78B520CB for <postmasterat_private>; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:31:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail-block.com (blk2.mail-block.com [64.89.108.202]) by smtp.695online.com (8.12.8/8.12.5) with SMTP id h2S8aRWf003292 for <postmasterat_private>; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 03:36:27 -0500 Delivered-To: postmasterat_private Message-Id: <157392003352883128312@mail-block.com> X-Em-Version: 5, 0, 0, 0 X-Em-Registration: #0040530110571F00BC00 From: "Mail-Block" <bounce@mail-block.com> To: "postmaster" <postmasterat_private> Subject: Message from 695online.com Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 3:31:28 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII X-Antivirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.6; VAE: 6.18.0.3; VDF: 6.18.0.20; host: corpmail.outblaze.com) Message from 695online.com This letter is being sent to you because you have used our Mail-Block System. Not to long ago, you sent a message to one of our customers currently using this system to stop unsolicited email from being sent to them, now you can see the power of using the Mail-Block Technology. This system is completely unique to any other anti Spam system currently being offered. Here at 695online.com we don't make the choices for you on what you can receive and not receive, that decision is left to you the customer and no one else! Mail-Block gives you that choice. In addition we have bundled this amazing technology with one of the lowest cost nationwide Internet services available today. 695online.com is just that $6.95 per month and it is just that simple. You may just need a web based email account using Mail-Block and we do provide that to for just $29.95 per year! <http://www.mail-block.com/>http://www.mail-block.com If we can assist you in saving money each month and at the same time receive the best technology today for stopping unsolicited email please contact us at our office at 386-253-8703 or by visiting us at <http://www.695online.com>http://www.695online.com For a limited time all signups will get the gold plan for a thirty-day preview period. And can upgrade at any time if they wish. Again, we want to thank you for reading this message. Thank you, Robert Craddock CEO / 695online.com --- To: declanat_private Subject: Re: FC: Email a Mail-block.com customer, get an advertisement In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 29 Apr 2003 21:09:09 EDT." <5.2.0.9.0.20030429210841.010d4d10at_private> From: Dave Close <daveat_private> >In the range of good-to-bad online behavior, Mail-block.com's ads are >hardly noxious. They're just tacky. Couple that with poor integration with >an email client that doesn't whitelist folks in your outbox, and you get >this result. To me, one of the biggest annoyances of these confirmation systems is that they are Web-based. I sent email, dammit. I might reply to an email address seeking confirmation, but I don't feel like opening a Web page. The same problem happens with mail that offers to let me unsubscribe by clicking a Web link. No way. 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