Thank you. I guess it has gotten to the point where sending to telecom digest is a waste of time. I am a faithful reader and *never* in the instructions for submission have you ever said anything of the kind.
--- TELECOM Digest Editor wrote:
From: Mr Joseph Singer
> Subject: Re: Palm Treo 650
> --- TELECOM Digest Editor wrote:
> Your recent submission to TELECOM Digest was rejected. If you feel it
> should be printed, please resubmit it with the Secret Word as part of
> the subject line.
> Editor, TELECOM Digest
> What's this "secret word" business? Since when is there a
> secret word to submit to Telecom Digest?
> When spam got to the point that about 95-98 percent of all incoming
> mail to telecom was spam, I changed from attempting to examine it and
> accept 2 or 3 percent while rejecting 95-98 percent of it and simply
> started rejecting all of it. Made it a lot easier for me. I of course
> still go through it now and pick out names I recognize (as I did with
> your name and subject) manually, but I do not read ANYTHING of it
> until I have first officially dumped all the spam (almost all of it).
> People who read the Digest on a regular basis know the secret word
> which is (secret word). If that word appears anywhere in the subject line
> then delivery of the message is sent a step further to a box of
> known writer/subscribers, etc.
PAT
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Although I _attempt_ to review all the mounds of spam each day looking for any clues of a real person there, you must admit 95-98 percent spam to real mail is a very high ratio. Consequently, some good mail gets missed, sorry. But putting the secret work in the subject line of each message absolutely assures that your mail goes into a file for proper handling. PAT]