The file has been organized into the following sections:
# * By group, department, and committee — .ORG addresses are found here;# * By the names of members and other participants — .NET addresses are found here;# * By the names of companies to whom an email address has been assigned for the purpose of spam tracking — .COM addresses are found here;# * Spam easily identified — these are forwarded to a "spam bucket" (presently <bmetcalf2@yahoo.com>); and# * Catchall to direct mail to the .NET and .COM Society domains that are not found above, which route to the Postmaster for resolution.# * Catchall to direct mail to the .ORG Socity domain to the "spam bucket"; there is too much of this to review.
Note please that the first section should only forward to other .ORG addresses or to .NET member addresses, not directly to a private email address. Such private addresses should only be forwarded to from the second section.
The Society receives a very substantial amount of spam. Going through this to pluck out the few valid messages takes a great deal of the Postmaster's hours. He is presently working on an improved spam filter to reduce this burden. The Postmaster is expected to check the spam buckets this nearly daily, with backups (or the Webmaster) being asked to cover for any extended absence.
==Email Server & Spam Filter==
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