Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 18:11:56 -0500 From: "Tyler Eaves" <tyler@cg1.org> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SPAM! Message-ID: <001b01c2e111$1f783360$6401a8c0@eaves> References: <E18pbGm-0001YT-00@pintail.mail.pas.earthlink.net> <3E627E34.9030302@ivestnw.net> <00e801c2e10d$ff6af7e0$0100a8c0@DaleCoportable>
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Most of what I'm getting is of russian origin. Wouldn't a simple solution be to limit posting rights to subscribers? Almost every mailing list I subscribe to (quite a few, 15+) does this. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Pat Lathem" <plathem@ivestnw.net>; "Don Tyson" <tyson@stanfordalumni.org> Cc: "Tyler Eaves" <tyler@cg1.org>; <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>; <tyson@alumni.stanford.org> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 5:49 PM Subject: Re: SPAM! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Lathem" <plathem@ivestnw.net> > To: "Don Tyson" <tyson@stanfordalumni.org> > Cc: "Tyler Eaves" <tyler@cg1.org>; <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>; > <tyson@alumni.stanford.org> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 3:57 PM > Subject: Re: SPAM! > > > > Tyler Eaves wrote: > > > > > > Can something PLEASE be done about this? > > > > > Don Tyson wrote: > > > >Tyler -- > > > > > >Assuming you are complaining about messages from > > >freebsd-newbies, this is a mailing list to which you -- > > >or someone else using your name -- subscribed. > > > > > >But if that was a mistake, or a prank, the solution is > > >as close as the bottom of this message, as well as the one you > > >complained about and your complaint message as well. Just > > >unsubscribe. > > > > > >Don > > > > > Pat Lathem wrote: > > > > I think this person was referring to the unsolicited email coming > to > > freebsd-newbies. I am under the impression from another email > posted > > that the postmaster does quite a lot to help prevent spam. > > > > Pat Lathem > > > > > If you've ever read newsgroups, you'd realize that what > comes through here is trivial by comparison. As someone > has said, these lists (@freebsd.org, in general) are a rather > huge (and non-moving) target. > > That said, in all fairness, I probably don't see everything > Tyler does. If a piece of mail says "Viagra", "Africa+dollars", > "a**f***ers", "saw it on Oprah", "Peter Paul Rubens", > etc., etc., ad infinitum et ad nauseum, my mailer has a > nice trashcan for that, and a ruleset, so it never comes > around to offend me.... > > Kevin Kinsey > DaleCo, S.P. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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