[amsat-bb] Posting to AMSAT-BB with Unsubscribed Email Account

[Burns Fisher]

Thanks to Robert for posting this.  I'm sure that we can save him or others
a lot of work by trying to post from the same address that we receive
from.  I wanted to remind folks of another case where this problem can
happen.

If you use gmail, then it is possible to append a "+" to you address
followed by anything.  The plus sign and everything after it is ignored but
you can use this added bit for filtering.   For example,
mymail+amsat at gmail.com will go to mymail at gmail.com.  However, if you reply
to the same address, the reply will come from mymail, not mymail+amsat.
I'm still searching for ways to actually send automatically from an alias
address but have not yet found it.

However, if you do want to be able to filter, you can use your "real" email
address and filter on [amsat-bb] in the subject line.

My own case was worse--I had the bb going through "call at amsat.org" and
that forwarded to a plus-sign alias!  I've fixed that, but I still have to
remember manually to change my "from" address.

73,

Burns WB1FJ

On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 10:16 PM Robert Bankston via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

>
> There has been an increasing trend on AMSAT-BB, wheresubscribers are
> posting to the BB with an email other than they one they usedto subscribe
> to the list.  Usually these listmembers signed up with redirect email
> account (@amsat.org or @arrl.net), but attemptto post a message from
> their personal account. Others, who have multiple email accounts
> accidentally select the wrongone.  When either of these situationsoccur,
> their post is put in quarantine until a list moderator physically logs in
> andclears it out.
>
> Your quarantined message is not alone.  AMSAT-BB gets 300+ spam emails a
> day.  Each time a post is placed in quarantine, thelist moderators receives
> an email notification. You can do the math to figure out how many emails we
> get each and everyday.
>
> I bring this up to help you realize that clearing your emailis not a fast
> process.  We could take thetime to look up your name and/or call sign to
> make sure you are a subscriber,but, to be honest, this is not an easy
> process. Instead, you will more than likely receive an email stating
> “Non-membersare not allowed to post messages to this list.” The easy fix is
> just to resend you post from your subscribed emailaccount.  If you changed
> email accounts,please visit the AMSAT-BB Info page:
> https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb.  From here you can log
> into your account andchange your email address.
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> 73,
> Robert Bankston, KE4ALAMSAT-NA VP of User Services
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>