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. Wed Mar 4 04:53:33 CET 1998 #unix, ircnet To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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