Is there some kind of contest out there that we've been missing? Do they offer awards for this kind of junk? I'm curious because, nobody buys their stuff, so what EXACTLY is incentive? If it is a contest what qualifies you?

*The Most Creative Spammer

*The Spammer - who actually got "A" sale!

*The Spammer - who's ISP never got shut down for a month!

*The Spammer - with most FAKE addresses

*The Most ANNOYING Spammer

What do you win if you qualify? 5 million FAKE email addresses? Cause you know they're not going to give out a REAL prize! (Once a con always a con) And do they all compete for Spammer of Year? It sure seems like it! The fact is life goes on, and no matter where you go and what you do, there will always some "STUPID" moron that just HAS to break rules!

P.S. Try not wear out that good old delete key!

Did you miss part 1? Send a blank email to mailto:harvesterspart1@optinfrenzy.com

Actually they do, because if you send email using a third party list server, and put your FROM email address in field rather than a FROM address on third party's list server - spam filter will read it as being a "falsified" email address or header. Because REAL spammers do it all of time.

3. Spam Filters do not target HTML ezines because they can't read code properly, is this true?

Yes in fact they do, some more so than text ezines, this is because HTML ezines are considered to be more virus prone. And NOT all list servers and email clients "clean" their email before it is sent. Meaning, even if you do not have a virus on your computer, your ezine can still pick one up during process of sending through your list server. This has been known to happen on "high traffic" list servers as well as FREE list servers, such as Yahoo Groups.

3. Aren't spam filters ONLY used by large ISP's?

Although it is very true that majority of larger ISP's use Spam Filters (such as: AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, Mindspring, Verizon, Accessus, Sympatico etc.) you will find a lot of smaller ISP's use them as well. For instance, my ISP has only 900 customers and they do use them, although I've made it quite clear they are unacceptable on my account. The most "popular program' that ISP's use is called Spam Assassin.

I hope this article has cleared up any misconceptions that you may have had regarding Spam Filters. You can learn more detailed information about Spam filters by visiting: http://spamassassin.org ests.html

Article by Laurie Rogers Copyright 2002 All Rights Reserved