[mythtv-users] mythtv-users Digest, Vol 128, Issue 10

Stephen P. Villano stephen.p.villano at gmail.com
Wed Nov 6 15:46:01 UTC 2013


On 11/6/13 10:39 AM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Tyler T <tylernt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> PS:  This message was automatically sent by my Internet Service Providers'
>>>> computer network.
>>>> Good people with a fantastic customer service department staffed with local
>>>> people,
>>>> Sonic.net (at http://www.sonic.net).
>>> Maybe your provider can suppress automatic mails sent in your name
>>> by looking at the list-id header field to avoid shaming you
>>> automatically.
>> Sounds like Sonic.net is full of good local people -- people without a clue.
>>
>>>> you'll be pleasantly impressed and surprised.
>> I know I'm surprised and impressed, but probably not the way they want me to be.
> What's surprising to me is that the address ends in @gmail.com rather
> than @sonic.net.  If I'm using a third party email provider, I
> wouldn't want my ISP to be involved any more deeply than routing
> packets to/from that provider.  How would my ISP even know that I
> received such a message on my gmail account if they didn't have my
> gmail password?  That definitely seems fishy to me.
>
> Eric
> _______________________________________________
>
*Really* fishy. The header has a message ID from sonic's spam filter,
but was received by the listserver from Google.

If I want my mail filters, I'll filter it myself. Most certainly, I
don't want any provider, be it my ISP or my mail provider filtering my mail.



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