Do not respond to the original message as requested.  As you see, it will
only send a copy to every person on the museum-l list, wasting time and
resources.

At 09:12 AM 5/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Museum-l'ers,
>
>I have a favor to ask of you, for which I will repay you
>with some information.
>
>Some Internet Service Providers (ISP's, your dial-up
>Internet connection), block incoming e-mail from various
>domains (e.g. hotmail.com).  The reason for this is to
>prevent spam from clogging up their mail systems and
>irritating their legitimate paying customers.  Often, an
>entire domain is blocked.  This is bad for you because
>e-mail you want to receive from clients and colleagues may
>never reach you, and you will never know why.
>
>I personally have blocked mail from domains by setting my
>mail program to delete messages off the server, only to find
>later that the domains also had legitimate users I was
>excluding.  For example, about a year ago, I received so
>much porn-spam from HOTMAIL.COM that I figured that
>"Hotmail" was a porno domain and blocked it.  Now it appears
>that this company provides legitimate mail service that has
>just been abused by some of their members.
>
>First info tidbit:  If you select an ISP that does not have
>strict rules about spam being sent from their system, _your_
>e-mail may never get to some of your intended recipients.
>Ask what policy your ISP has regarding spammers on their
>system.  If they allow it, use another company for your
>dial-up connection.
>
>Second info tidbit:  If you already have a dial-up internet
>connection, send an e-mail to their tech support and ask if
>mail from specific domains is blocked from entering their
>system.
>
>Now here's the favor that I would like to ask of you:
>
>I am currently evaluating the POP mail service I am using
>and am concerned about what domains they may be restricting.
>Please take a moment to reply to this message. AND also,
>enter [log in to unmask] in the CC: field.  I know that my
>infi.net account does not restrict domains, but I am not
>sure about my POP mail service.  By replying to this
>message, and sending a copy to my infi.net address, I will
>have 2 copies to compare to determine which domains are
>being restricted.  Please do not change the subject field.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Mark C. Vang
>Freya Ventures
>www.freyaventures.com
>
>
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Michael
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