Wow, if I had made any more grammatical or spelling mistakes in that last post I would have set some sort of record. I'm still seeing matching rules dancing before my eyes.
- John ----- Original Message ----- From: "John T. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 5:51 PM Subject: Re: Spam from linux-newbie > just a general statement, I don't actually have a problem with the spam i > get from any of the 4 or 5 majordomo listservs I'm subscribed to. I filter > at mind end, and don't even notice most of it. > > I was just thinking aloud that the a possible solution for spam on a open > listserv like this, would be that before people are primitted to post at > will, they have to send 1 message that gets approved by some supervisor or > list controller, but I've been spending all day making firewall rulls so my > mind is probably rattled :) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Olszewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:34 AM > Subject: Re: Spam from linux-newbie > > > > At 08:50 AM 3/10/2004 -0500, John T. Williams wrote: > > >You could have a first message approval policy; > > >by this I mean, before I can send messages to the listserv, you would > have > > >to approve of my first one. > > > > > >Sort of like packet filtering, but with e-mails. > > > > Who is the "you" in this sentence? I aseume you mean the list owner, the > > only person in a position to do something like this. > > > > If that is the case, you, John, and everyone here needs to understand that > > the lis owner, whoever he or she is, neglects this list. I doubt he or she > > reads its traffic or participates in any way in its activity. I already > > suggested the customary way to reach the list owner, but I doubt if that > > would accomplish anything either. > > > > Beyond that ... do you (does anyone) know of mailing-list software that > > actually implements this idea? How well it would work in practice is not > > clear to me, but it is not a bad idea ... though the possibility of > > spoofing From: addresses restricts its usefulness. My impression is that > > the usual restriction method is to restrict posting to addresses that are > > signed up for the list ... also imperfect, but good enough to screen out a > > lot of the common SPAM styles. > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
