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Date:      Thu, 15 Oct 1998 10:00:56 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Service unavailable to grog@lemis.com or grog@freebie.lemis.com
Message-ID:  <19981015100056.C586@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.0.67.19981014085337.00974a30@genesis.ispace.com>; from Drew Baxter on Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 08:57:26AM -0400
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.02A.9810131904460.13907-100000@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us> <Pine.BSF.3.96.981013234617.23113B-100000@phoenix.aye.net> <4.1.0.67.19981014085337.00974a30@genesis.ispace.com>

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On Wednesday, 14 October 1998 at  8:57:26 -0400, Drew Baxter wrote:
> At 08:06 AM 10/14/98 -0400, Barrett Richardson wrote:
>>
>> I have a theory that the sole purpose of the original posting was to
>> collect e-mail addresses to be assembled later into a $29.95 spam kit.
>> My rabtter@aye.net address for instance, I use it exclusively for this
>> list -- and I get spam there; spammers had to be collecting addresses
>> by watching the list.
>>
>> Needinfo@juno come has found a more novel approach, don't bother
>> subscribing to the list, just post something non-sensical to the
>> list and the e-mail addresses will come to you. Working like a
>> charm so far.
> ---
> Kinda redundant to send it to 7 people and then to the list, so everyone
> else has been nuked in the CC field.

Would have been good to move it to -chat, too.

> ---
> He's already started to E-Mail me stupid questions.. I'm just going to end
> up placing a call to Juno/Denver about it.  Needinfo@Juno.com, sounds like
> an account that someone made for the some purpose of mailing this list.

I don't think they'd act just because somebody's sending you silly
questions.  We'd have to nuke half the people on -questions :-)

> I say (and still say), just add Juno to the filters, amongst Hotmail
> and some other choice/problematic domains.

I haven't blocked hotmail yet, but Juno's been there for a while.

Greg
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