Spam arrest

bahdahbum · Post by **bahdahbum** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:50 am

Just want to check things out . I received this very strange message :

Hi,

this is a confirmation message from Iain at Slitherine. Due to the volume of spam, all mails sent to anyone @slitherine.co.uk must now be verified. Sorry for the inconvenience, but you only have to do this once. Follow the simple instructions below and your mail will be verified & I'll receive it immediately. Thanks for your patience.

Please click the link below to complete the verification process.
You have to do this only once.

http://www.spamarrest.com/a2?ZwpjAQRjAG ... HhL28hqJfj

You are receiving this message in response to your email to iain@slitherine.co.uk, a Spam Arrest customer.

Spam Arrest requests that senders verify themselves before their email is delivered.

When you click the above link, you will be taken to a page with a graphic on it. Simply read the word in the graphic, type it into the form, and you're verified.

You have to do this only once per Spam Arrest customer.

Does it really comme from Slitherine ????? I did not answer, neither click on the link

madaxeman · Post by **madaxeman** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:58 am

It's touch overly aggressive compared to proper spam filter software but it is genuine.

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 5:11 pm

perhaps it would be best for Ian to respond to that one as he could verify its legitimacy

ScipioTerra · Post by **ScipioTerra** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:18 pm

And just where do we get this "verification code"????

Ian?

hazelbark · Post by **hazelbark** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:24 pm

all pretty standard especiall when you consider 85-92% of email is spam and I don't mean messages you are not interested in, but just shady people trolling or sending "enhancements.

You click and then manually enter what you see. Makes sense.

Scrumpy · Post by **Scrumpy** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:30 pm

Just how many 'enhancement' offers does Ian get then ?

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:51 am

perhaps 82-95% of them?

ScipioTerra · Post by **ScipioTerra** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:03 am

I am sorry about this, but....

Is this thing legitimate????

We have to enter some kind of verification code if we want to email anyone @slitherine.co.uk????

What in the world is going on?

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:49 am

ScipioTerra wrote:I am sorry about this, but....

Is this thing legitimate????

We have to enter some kind of verification code if we want to email anyone @slitherine.co.uk????

What in the world is going on?

Only if you are mailing directly to their personal e-mail address

bahdahbum · Post by **bahdahbum** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:31 pm

I did not sent to his adress. I just replied to topics on the forum . No need to make all that fuzz . I just wanted to be sure the mail in itself was no problem .

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:41 am

bahdahbum wrote:I did not sent to his adress. I just replied to topics on the forum .....

Well that's very odd????