[Year 12 IT Apps] Spam .....

[Robert Hind]

Thanks for the info Kevork.

What a wondrous thing is a positive feedback loop. 

In audio terms this is what causes that ear shattering, brain numbing squeal out of the PA system when the volume is turned up too high.

Perhaps global warming too. We use too much energy and put lots of C02 into the atmosphere that causes warming. So we turn up our aircon and use even more energy that puts more C02 into the atmosphere that causes more warming. So we turn up our aircon . . . . 

I think we are suffering the same thing with this ridiculous "spam protection" system that is causing the feedback. I know I am suffering from email overload and am (not bewitched) quite bothered and bewildered. I am also thankful that I am not on my dial up connection in the Latobe valley at the moment :-)

So thanks again Kevork, hope you can get it sorted out relatively easily. Enjoy your holidays :-)

Robert Hind (Semi-retired)
Ex Traralgon and Ashwood

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kevork Krozian 
  To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 10:35 AM
  Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Spam .....


  Hi Folks,

   A case of spam protection overkill.
  jh at ekc.vic.edu.au has subscribed to the itapps mailing list. No harm in that.

  When the itapps list writes to jh at eks.vic.edu.au , his/her email gateway challenges the itapps list address to identify itself as friend or foe by writing back to itapps at edulists.com.au. What does that do ? Creates a mailing loop as the list writes back to all subscrbers, one of which is jh at ekc.vic.edu.au whose gateway sends out another challenge. 
  Identical to out of office replies. A pain in the neck and on the netiquette guidelines as an unacceptable feature of email use for subscribers.

  I am in the process of removing all email from the domain ekc.vic.edu.au and the lag time this takes is what will test your patience.

  Keep well

  Kevork Krozian
  Edulists Creator and Administrator
  www.edulists.com.au
  kevork at edulists.com.au

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