From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Mar 2 19:27:26 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2444F37B401 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 19:27:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc01.attbi.com (sccrmhc01.attbi.com [204.127.202.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A81843F3F for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 19:27:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from master.gorean.org (12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com[12.234.22.23]) by sccrmhc01.attbi.com (sccrmhc01) with SMTP id <2003030303272300100j91che>; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 03:27:23 +0000 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 19:27:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton To: Tyler Eaves Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SPAM! In-Reply-To: <001b01c2e111$1f783360$6401a8c0@eaves> Message-ID: <20030302192605.Y1326@znfgre.tberna.bet> References: <3E627E34.9030302@ivestnw.net> <00e801c2e10d$ff6af7e0$0100a8c0@DaleCoportable> <001b01c2e111$1f783360$6401a8c0@eaves> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Tyler Eaves wrote: > Most of what I'm getting is of russian origin. > Wouldn't a simple solution be to limit posting rights to subscribers? This, and all sorts of other clever solutions are frequently suggested, but turn out not to be a good fit for the freebsd lists. The situation is currently about as good as it gets, so if the spam level is unacceptable to you, learn to filter. :) Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message