Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 18:24:40 -0400 From: Timothy J Luoma <luomat@kira.peak.org> To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free spam Message-ID: <199908272224.SAA26005@ocalhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908242038001.57219-100000@bell.maths.tcd.ie> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908242038001.57219-100000@bell.maths.tcd.ie>
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Replying to message of Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:43:30 +0100 (BST) from Niall Brady <bradyn@maths.tcd.ie> regarding ``Re: free spam'' > >is this person actually subscribed to the list or did they just > >relay through the list without being subscribed to it? > > AFAIK any list is open for any people to send messages to... a > double-edged sword really... This problem can be solved by requiring subscriptions to post. Unfortunately too many people usally whine about that to make it happen unless the list starts out that way. I thought that the freebsd lists had gone to this awhile back. I've never heard of a spammer actually going through the subscribe+confirm process to send spam TjL To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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