Re: ot:junk email validation service?


"Chris N Deuchar" <chrisd@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Quite so - but the OP has a point here. Before Christmas one of my
> email addresses got used for spoofing and I was getting hundreds of
> 'rejected' emails per day for messages I hadn't sent. After about a
> month (as advised) it died down to zero again but I am getting reports
> from friends that email they are sending me are being refused by my
> ISP (Orange) - presumably because my domain is tripping a spam filter
> somewhere. Therefore I too would like to be able to check this.
>
> A phonecall to Orange yesterday resulted (after much consternation and
> periods on 'hold') in their 'data and fax department' telling me it
> wasn't their problem and I should contact my ISP. "It's you" I said -
> eerrrrrr 'computer says No'...
>


It is quite likely that your email address ended up in Orange's filters due
to the spoofing attempt. You could check in some of the real-time spam
lists (some of them are listed at
http://www.email-policy.com/Spam-black-lists.htm) to see if your address
shows up there. If it does, it is likely that Orange subscribes to such a
list and is therefore blocking you without specifically knowing about it.

--
Plumbert


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