[AT] Spam/Phish> OT...... email courtesy

[Chuck Saunders]

Before I reply John, could you type in the letters you see in the box below.

Nah just kidding, I know how you feel, but I don't know if they have any
control over preauthorizing. I would have thought that by sending the
initial e-mail to you that would have cleared your e-mail address.
Chuck Saunders
Kansas City MO

On 11/13/06, JParks <jkparks at flash.net> wrote:
>
> I often receive emails from individuals asking for service, operations,
> and
> parts info regarding their machines.  Sometimes it is simple, like date of
> manufacture, but often it involves the sending of attachments, and a
> longer
> discourse on what to check or how to proceed in their trouble shooting or
> service.  I give it a shot, and reply, only to get hit with an "auto
> reply"
> telling me I have to fill out a questionnaire and ask for approval to have
> my email accepted.  I get PO'd.
>
> I am sure that my cantankerous quotient is going up in my old age, as my
> patience level decreases.  I understand the problems which we all face
> with
> spams, scams, fantastic opportunities from Nigeria, and parts orders from
> many countries (to be paid for with someone else's credit card number) and
> we all try to use products like Mailwasher etc. and have hundreds of
> filter
> criteria.
>
> For those of you using these email servers which require such an
> application
> to receive a response, is it possible for you to preauthorize the
> acceptance
> of an email you are expecting or hoping to receive, or is the respondent
> always required to jump through your hurdles to send you a response to an
> email you requested in the first place!?
>
> If pot was not illegal, this might not bother me, but it is and it does.
>
> John Parks
> Boise, ID
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