Re: How a correct mail looks like?

From: Chris F.A. Johnson (c.fa.johnson_at_rogers.com)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: 4 May 2004 21:01:05 GMT

On 2004-05-04, Robert Heller wrote:
> Gergely Kral <kralg@withoutit.koli.kando.hu>,
> In a message on Tue, 4 May 2004 19:29:12 +0000 (UTC), wrote :
>
> GK> In article <dc3f3$409786f2$cb248f0$27728@nf3.news-service-com>,
> GK> Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote:
> GK> >GK>
> GK> >GK> My question is: do anyone know which are those facts that consider a
> GK> >GK> mail a spam?
> GK> >
> GK> >This is an E-Mail client config option. Also E-Mail addresses that end
> GK> >in digits (eg some sort of generated AOL-flavored E-Mail account or a
> GK> >randomly generated address).
> GK> >
> GK>
> GK> That was it! I asked the root, mails with usernames ending with digits
> GK> are considered as spam. Which is a bad idea in my opinion.
>
> No, *real live people* don't have numbers in their names.

    But many _usernames_ do. The standard username allocation in
    Free-Nets (among other places) was two letters followed by three
    digits.

> The only
> time people have numbers in their names is in SciFi movies of the
> flavor of George Orwel's "1984". There is NO technical reason for ANY
> (modern) ISP to issue usernames ending in digits (and customers of ISPs
> that *do* suggest usernames ending in digits should complain and should
> certainly be proactive in requesting a user name that is in fact a name).

    Even if no more are issued, there are still tens of thousands of such
    usernames extant.

    There's also no technical reason why usernames should not end in
    (or otherwise contain) digits. 

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