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Pledge “bouncehotmail”

"I will bounce messages from *@hotmail.com asking them to use a respectable service. but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Amr Mostafa

Deadline to sign up by: 27th August 2008
6 people signed up, 4 more were needed

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I was very frustrated to find that hotmail.com marks authentic e-mails as spam, it probably spam-marks e-mails from your domain too. I've asked 2 of my friends who maintain their own domains to send e-mails, both of them ended up in junk. I believe at this level, it's unacceptable. Furthermore, many spam messages get to my inbox already, compared to GMail (which sees more traffic). I believe Hotmail's spam filters are either horribly programmed, or are run for profit (Goodmail-style).

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  • I already have my spam filter set to throw away all hotmail and yahoo addresses unless they specifically ask to be added to the whitelist. Whenever a whitelist is requested I'll suggest an alternative service. Turnabout is fair play.
    Sean, 3 years ago. Abusive? Report it!
  • I also think that a whitelist is the only way to stop spam.

    The largest contingent of spam I get is on a domain where I accept undefined addresses (not this one). Spammers just try any old name @ your-domain.
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Amr Mostafa, the Pledge Creator, joined by:

  • Sherif Nagy
  • Khalid Yousif
  • Mohamed Jadelrab
  • garsin cheung
  • Hatem El-idrisi
  • 1 person who did not want to give their name

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