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	wulfie <wulfie@wulfric7.co.uk>
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Subject: RE: Anti-spam policy
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:16:09 +0100
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> wulfie wrote:
> > 
> > I don't know what the list moderator's policy is on spam - 
> I'm seeing
> > plenty of it on this list. However, here's mine - I'm unsubscribing.
> 
> it's easy - the standard policy for the FreeBSD lists is that spam is
> not allowed.
> 
> Of course, people still post to it, mostly because they allow 
> people not
> on the list to post.  
Do they really? I'd bet my Fbsd box for this message not getting through to
-newbies..


> I can't say I agree with that, but it's not my
> list.  Unless they started filtering all list mail through something
> like the RBL, implementing an anti-spam policy is not going 
> to cut down
> on the amount of spam.
freebsd lists have a pretty good spam filtering - maybe even too good:
In Finland, (6 months ago) I wasn't able to send mail to freebsd lists
directly
from my home box, because of Dynamic IP address: freebsd lists deny many of
them..

Today I can't send mail to freebsd lists, because they have plain stupid
M$Exchange server here, 
and whenever I try to send mail via it, I get response "sender not
recognized in recipients address" or something like that. 

Of course, every once in a while a spam message gets through, but personally
I think it could 
be a LOT worse.


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