MoveOn.org getting blocked by spam filters

I am currently traveling in the States right now for a wake for my father. I'm on the net via wireless airport and hotel connections. Not free, but easy enough and certainly getting the job done. I will be back home on Tuesday - so if my posting is none too frequent, that would be the excuse.

As for spam stuff, Boing Boing points out that MoveOn.org was talking about how they are having trouble getting messages out to their willing subscribers.
This is really the same as any number of legitimate bulk mailers, with people that legitimately subscribed and actually want the e-mail, and they aren't getting it. Although in this case they aren't really selling anything other than a political ideology.

While MoveOn.org hasn't done anything in particular that bothers me, I am curious how many of these people that are seeing their e-mail blocked are experiencing that effect due to their ISP or work admins exerting their power on the e-mail stream.
I could see some feeling that they disagree with what MoveOn.org intends and therefore blocks it at the company/ISP level. I am not sure I agree with that from an ISP, and from a company perspective I guess it depends on what the rules are for company mail and what people can use it for. Many companies have strict "company business only" rules in place - so that would make sense there.

Posted by Eric at November 13, 2004 11:44 PM | TrackBack