[Mailman-Users] Subject Line Length Considered Spam

[Paul H Byerly]

jsmith wrote:
>Excite is blocking any subject that has more than 22 characters due to it 
>looking like
>commercial spam.  I would bet that other ISP's will be or have already
>started subject line filtering on the length as well.

      I am assuming you mean 22 consecutive characters without a 
break?  The subject you gave your post would violate a 22 character limit.

      Even at 22 consecutive I think this is a rather short sighted, over 
the top and totally worthless way to try and stop spam.  There are a lot of 
systems that depend on subject lines with long confirmation codes, 
including some spam programs!  I would think an ISP that breaks this many 
systems is going to lose some customers.


<>< Paul