maybe the list managers ARE the spammers. vora
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Ryan Speed > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 2:26 PM > To: 'cvsInfo' > Subject: RE: english text only? > > > I'm willing to take my chances, I don't know of any spammers that would > take the time to join a mailing list in order to spam, blocking outside > senders has completely stopped spam on another list that I am on, I'm > pretty sure it'd be helpful here too. > > ryan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vishal Jain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: March 19, 2002 11:22 AM > > To: 'Daniels, David'; 'Ryan Speed'; 'cvsInfo' > > Subject: RE: english text only? > > > > > > Guys, how do we control who is subscribed? Like I am > > subscriber I can start putting spam! Anyone can subscribe to > > our list, so disallowing from external sources will not work, > > as the spammer can become member and spam. They may flood the > > list before admin can take them out from the list. But yes! > > Spam is becoming a much bigger issue here and we need to do > > something for this. One bet is to disallow all the mails that > > are not in normal character set, but that will limit even the > > normal subscribers from japan/russia and other countries that > > have different character set. There gotta be a way to clear > > up this mess. > > > > Vishal Jain > > ILX Systems > > NY > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Daniels, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 1:59 PM > > To: 'Ryan Speed'; 'cvsInfo' > > Subject: RE: english text only? > > > > > > Agreed. We can't seem to get the list managers to take action, though. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ryan Speed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:51 PM > > To: 'cvsInfo' > > Subject: RE: english text only? > > > > > > It seems to be a trend lately, I'm on a few lists that get > > spammed with this bullshit. I think the best bet would be to > > disallow mail from people who aren't subscribed to the list. > > > > ryan > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > On Behalf Of Eric Siegerman > > > Sent: March 19, 2002 10:38 AM > > > To: cvsInfo > > > Subject: Re: english text only? > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 07:15:12PM +0100, Leif Hanack wrote: > > > > i'm new to this mailing-list and i'm wondering myself why > > i receive > > > > mails with strange characters in it. i guess it is japanese > > > or stuff > > > > like that. > > > > > > It's spam. The rest of us don't want it either! > > > > > > > nevertheless, how can i get rid of it? > > > > > > I wish I knew... > > > > > > -- > > > > > > | | /\ > > > |-_|/ > Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > | | / > > > "Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! > > > I'll ask about Exchange Server next. > > > - Anonymous > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Info-cvs mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Info-cvs mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Info-cvs mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
