[PSUBS-MAILIST] email issues

[Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles]

PSUBBERS, we're having a big problem with email which appears to be 
stemming from our server provider.  I know a bunch of mail was just 
delivered which may indicate the issue has been resolved but I won't 
know for sure for a little longer.

It is getting difficult for groups like ours to continue with email 
because it appears as spam to many message filters now in place 
throughout the internet, especially yahoo, google, aol, Hotmail, and 
other large providers.  A few months ago our yahoo users stopped getting 
mail because of the insane and highly restrictive filtering that yahoo 
uses for its servers.  We countered that by removing the real email 
address of the person sending the message and replacing it with a 
generic address "personal_submersibles at psubs.org" but that appears to 
have triggered the latest "spam" filter and cut off outgoing email 
completely.

I think it is time we move to a web based discussion forum so we can 
avoid these email problems altogether.  I know some of you are highly 
resistant to this but I'm not sure we have a choice anymore.  Spam 
filtering has become so specialized that it takes an inordinate amount 
of time to determine if the problem is with the server, the provider, or 
some spam filter on the internet.

In the meantime, I'm working on the email delivery issue.

Jon
PSUBS.ORG