[cobalt-users] RE: RE: Mass Mailing / Etc Cobalt RAQ!

["Nicolae Popescu Jr." <nicolaep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Nicolae Popescu Jr. wrote:
> 
> > I have a quick question.
> > 
> > I am using Subscribe Me! Lite (cgi-resources.com)
> > as a mailing list.
> > 
> > I sent out 1,500 - 2,000 emails and put my own email at the 
> end. Never 
> > got it.
> 
> I do hope you aren't telling us you are sending out 2000 
> pieces of unsolicited email ;P
> 
> > I put my email in let's say 350th place and I get it.
> > 
> > Is the raq / sendmail setup to block mass mail as such?
> 


> Not really, but it does have a bcc limit, and the receiving 
> servers probably do as well

I was experimenting with SMS actually not 'email spamming'
I got a SMS message on my cellular and I tested out something
in blocks of numbers.  I went into excel spreadsheet
added the numbers and changed the last 4 digits of #s in
a sequence, in Excel is easy to drag and get 'autonumbers'

Than took that and exported as a csv, than renamed it to txt
and tested it out.  Worked on my phone but what that showed
is most or all of them came back 'junk'.

> > Incoming Mail (LOCAL) stats is also very high.  Meaning
> > that a big portion of the list came back to localhost
> > for non-existing.


> Why do you have so many bounces? Where did you get this list?

I know what you think 'another' spammer, but just gave it 
a try.  They actually charge for SMS like $0.02 / message
where someone that has a good freeBSD server with a timer
one it to send 100x per minute or etc could get it for free.

Maybe the Subscribe ME! Lite has a limit on it because
it's a freebie and they have the pro where you pay for it.

Well time to move on and work on something else.  

I have to go and un-do whatever I did to webalizer.conf
because it's not recording stats right.


> > My question is even if others did not go through why didn't
> > I receive a reply with my email at the end.
> 
> Maybe you should use a real mailing list....
> 
> gsh
>