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Date:      Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:25:58 +0100
From:      Harold Gutch <logix@foobar.franken.de>
To:        Paul Chvostek <paul@it.ca>, John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SurfChina.com - Search Engine for China
Message-ID:  <19990118192558.A3233@foobar.franken.de>
In-Reply-To: <199901181742.MAA17197@flarn.it.ca>; from Paul Chvostek on Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 12:42:10PM -0500
References:  <199901181729.TAA09893@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> <199901181742.MAA17197@flarn.it.ca>

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On Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 12:42:10PM -0500, Paul Chvostek wrote:
> What about adding something to the charter of the list that states that
> "off-topic commercial bulk mail which the list administrator(s) feel is
> obviously classifiable as spam will be cause for immediate removal from
> the list, and may result in a request for inclusion in the MAPS RBL.  If
> you are unfamiliar with the MAPS RBL, visit http://maps.vix.com/rbl/.
> If you ignore this, then you waive your right to whine about it later."
> 
> Something like that could be added to all the lists here.  It would be a
> quick and easy policy adoption, and would probably take up less of our
> time than discussing each individual piece of spam that hits one of the
> lists.
> 
With the exception of the "vixie maps" part, the general charter
already says that on
  http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook351.html#704

"Advertising of non-FreeBSD related products or services is strictly prohibited and will
 result in an immediate ban if it is clear that the offender is advertising by spam."

-- 
bye, logix

<Shabby> Sleep is an abstinence syndrome wich occurs due to lack of caffein.
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