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EARTHDATE: May 14, 2006

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AVOIDING THE DEADLY MAIL FILTERS

It is important when you send us email that you put the word FED2 in the subject line. Here's why.

Everyone gets spam, but those of us who deal with mail about Fed seem to be afflicted more than most, because we receive email directed to several different email addresses, each of which will get a copy of whatever spam is being sent out. Consequently, I get anything up to 800 emails a day - of which no more than 50 will be legitimate mail that I want to read.

My mail program has spam filters which manage to identify about half of the spam, but because spammers are sneaky and keep changing their methods, the other half just gets dumped into my mailbox, and I have to go through it manually deleting all the unwanted solicitations. Finding the genuine emails buried amidst the dross is worse than looking for a needle in a haystack! Sometimes, I accidentally delete a real, genuine email from a player. I try not to... but it does happen.

There is one thing you can do when you email feedback@ibgames.com, or any of the IB staff directly, which will ensure your mail does not get accidentally deleted. If you put the word FED2 in the subject line, then it'll be filtered into the correct folder and we won't zap it by mistake. That'll ensure your email will be read and acted upon.


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