> I think you guys are confusing spam with virus attacks.
i wasn't careful to differentiate them because i want to solve the two
problems simultaneously. the objective is to keep today's functionality
(anyone can post) without the spam/virus/attachment problems.
the details aren
Filtering out attachments may offer a solution.
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From: "jeff tiedrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: spam
> At 8:55 PM -0700 5/11/02, John F. Whitehead wrote:
> >I heard b
- Original Message -
From: "jeff tiedrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: spam
> At 8:55 PM -0700 5/11/02, John F. Whitehead wrote:
> >I heard back from Mark Kraitchman (don't know if he
At 8:55 PM -0700 5/11/02, John F. Whitehead wrote:
>I heard back from Mark Kraitchman (don't know if he meant to cc the list
>or not), but we're discussing a couple of ways of solving the spam
>problem. We'll update the list soon.
>
>- jfw
I think you guys are con
I notice that most spam, if you try to reply to the address it supposedly
comes from, you get back a message from the MAILER-DAEMON. Would it be
possible to set up a filter that holds stuff, sends a reply, and cans
anything that generates mailer-deamon message?
If anyone could do it, it would be deadlists, wouldn't it?
John F. Whitehead wrote:
>>couldn't we figure out a way to like, send e-mail back to spammers that,
>>like, vaporizes them?
>
>
> if we figure that one out, deadlists will forever be remembered in net lore.
>
> couldn't we figure out a way to like, send e-mail back to spammers that,
> like, vaporizes them?
if we figure that one out, deadlists will forever be remembered in net lore.
couldn't we figure out a way to like, send e-mail back to spammers that,
like, vaporizes them?
I heard back from Mark Kraitchman (don't know if he meant to cc the list
or not), but we're discussing a couple of ways of solving the spam
problem. We'll update the list soon.
- jfw
These emails are the latest postings in accord with what sounds like
a resounding preference to limit posting capability to people who are
list members. This would likely mean a few potential contributors
wouldn't bother BUT it might also mean we would see far less spam.
Unless ther
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Powell
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 9:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Spam
That's nothing. I had 42 messages in my e-mail this morning. Among them
were 17 spams a
That's nothing. I had 42 messages in my e-mail this morning. Among them
were 17 spams and 17 virus or worm alerts. I really think it's time to do
something about this with the list. If limiting posts to subscribers will
do it, let's go for it.
As a "data point", I have received literally 20 spam emails / virus alerts
*today*. WTF?
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> suggestion? (It seems like we talked about it before BUT the spam
> has gotten so much worse that maybe the reasons for not doing it
> before aren't that important?)
I think everyone would be in favor of that, esp. if we had bounced mail go
to a moderator, as Hanno Bunje
Is Kraitchman (our benefactor at Berkeley.edu who runs the mailing
list) still on the list? (I've lost your direct email address.)
Perhaps we could implement the "only subscribers can post"
suggestion? (It seems like we talked about it before BUT the spam
has gotten so much w
I understand that anyone, whether or not he/she is a list subscriber, can
directly post to the list. Which is why deadlists gets hit by a lot of
spam...
I don't know whether this is possible with the server that runs this list,
but it would already help a lot if it could be set so that only
the main
computer at UC-Berkeley, I'm not certain why these messages would pass
through the server (they do not make it that far on our campus).
I think it would be good for everyone here if the folks in charge of
administration of the list would block the addresses that have the spam (I
don&#
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