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	'Sean Michael Whipkey' <highway@cstone.net>,
	wulfie <wulfie@wulfric7.co.uk>
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Subject: RE: Anti-spam policy
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:18:41 +0100
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ok.. I don't like to respond to my own messages, but I was truly amazed that
the message got through..
luckily no one had time to take that bet ;)

> > 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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