How do I cope if my mail system requires everybody who sends an e-mail message to confirm their identity?
A. Some spam filters intercept incoming messages and send back a request that the sender should confirm the message is valid (the formal name for these is challenge-response systems). If your system has one of these (Earthlink is the best known example in the US), please be aware that the list server software cannot respond to such messages, so that you will not see the confirmation request or receive e-magazines. You may be able to get around the problem in this way: before you complete the form to join the list you configure your system (whitelist it in the jargon) to automatically let through the following addresses: listserv@listserv.linguistlist.org worldwidewords@listserv.linguistlist.org wordseditor@worldwidewords.org Since these addresses are used only to send out e-magazines, subscription commands and confirmations, there is very risk of spam slipping through. The list server has an extremely effective spam filter of its own — since 2003, no attempt to send spam through the se
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