Hello;

As a member of this valuable list and also the Webmaster for an ISP 
in Eastern Ontario, I am becoming increasingly concerned about the 
spam we all receive on a daily basis. As a Webmaster, it is my 
responsibility to try to stop spam as much as possible.

If I may make a couple of suggestions to this list, I think that I 
will trash fewer emails from the list.

Please make the Subject: line of the email meaningful. A subject line 
of "Survey" (all without the quotes) raises everyone's hackles since 
we think it is spam and chances are it gets trashed. I almost sent it 
to Spamcop, a spam regulator which imposes blacklists of spamming 
email on those ISPs who subscribe to it. This will block email from a 
spammer's location to an ISP which subscribes.

A Subject line for the same message of say, "AAO Survey developed" 
will ensure those who receive it will not be afraid to open it.

Similarly, when sending to a list of people, please make sure that 
you use the Bcc: field for the addresses, since this does not allow 
all the addresses to show on the face of the email, a definite 
privacy issue.

There you go, just a couple of tidbits to make our email lives easier. :-)

Cheers - Ian
Ian Brumell
The Cloyne & District Historical Society
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