[SpamCop-List] Re: Major ISP's being blacklisted issue

[McWebber]

"Miss Betsy" <nobody at devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:dckr5n$3qr$1 at news.spamcop.net...
>
> A long time ago, I had a discussion on nanae that was going nowhere
> until I realized that 'filter' to them meant /any/ action that
> decided what to do with emails including rejection.  Like you, I
> considered filtering to be something that was done after
> acceptance.  Possibly the usage has changed - like the term
> 'bounce' - because what happens at the server and after acceptance
> has so completely different outcomes.  However, to be technical,
> one is 'filtering' incoming email if there is any decision that is
> made about it.
>

No decision is made about the email. If the IP or domain is blocked, there
is no email to filter.

-- 
McWebber
"Richter points to the lack of legal action against his company as proof
that he's operating appropriately."
Information Week, November 10, 2003