Verizon Mail Problems - part 1 -

From: "Ralph Ausmann" <ralph.ausmann@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: AMC-List is bouncing my postings...
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:32:53 -0800

Such a deal... As if we don't have enough to contend with...

AMC-List doesn't like our verizon.net mail server in this case... 
This must be the mail server they have that is an "open relay" and
that they have tagged as a "spam" server.  Sometime Verizon uses 
this
server for my emails. I have no control over that.  I guess I could
leave Verizon...  Maybe could get on Comcast broadband... nice 
and
fast (3000kbps vs. 640kbps)... Might be a hard sell with the 
keeper of
the checkbook.  Costs $5 more plus basic Cable TV $10, but 
might be
worth it...

I think Brien in  NY has seen same type problem.  Don't know for 
sure.


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Verizon faces lawsuit over email blocking
By John Leyden
Published Friday 21st January 2005 23:10 GMT

Aggrieved Verizon customers are invited to join a class action that 
seeks damages arising from the US ISP's enthusiastic email 
filtering policies. Philadelphia law firm Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C. 
filed suit this week against Verizon on behalf of a DSL subscriber 
in a civil case that seeks class action status.

Since 22 December, mail servers at verizon.net have been 
configured to reject connections from Europe and other parts of 
the world including China and New Zealand by default, according 
to Reg readers and industry sources such as MessageLabs. 
Verizon says the move is designed to reduce spam and says it is 
following industry best practice and applying blacklists as 
"narrowly" as possible.

Domains can be unblocked on request but Verizon's catch-all 
filtering has generated fierce criticism, reflected in letters from 
Reg readers in response to our report last week on the e-blockade.

John Vincenzo, a spokesman for Verizon, told us that the "vast 
majority" of Verizon's 4m dial-up and DSL customers are happy 
with its "long standing" policy on spam and virus filtering. He 
conceded that some otherwise legitimate email has been blocked 
but gave no indication that Verizon has any plans to review its 
policy. Vincenzo declined to comment on the class action lawsuit 
or explain how Verizon's filtering worked, beyond saying that the 
policy applied "globally". He forwarded us a prepared statement 
(republished below).

According to Vincenzo, spam complaints come from spammers 
themselves. This sits at odds with our own correspondence from 
Verizon subscribers.



             Brien.
         NEW YORK
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