Subject: RE: spam to my list address
To: Jay Maynard <jmaynard@conmicro.cx>
From: Gregg C Levine <hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net>
List: current-users
Date: 09/09/2000 21:20:23
Hello from Gregg C Levine writing for myself
Okay, that I will accept. Now how much is it?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: current-users-owner@netbsd.org
> [mailto:current-users-owner@netbsd.org]On Behalf Of Jay Maynard
> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 9:16 PM
> To: current-users@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: spam to my list address
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 06:12:36PM -0700, Chris G. Demetriou wrote:
> > hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net ("Gregg C Levine") writes:
> > > What about configuring the listserver so that it rejects postings
> > > that do not correspond to a subscribed address?
> > It's not a particularly good idea, and has been rejected before.
> > "search the list archives to find out why."
>
> It is, however, standard practice on the vast majority of Internet mailing
> lists these days, precisely as an anti-spam measure.
>
> Failing that, how about making the NetBSD mail server check the RBL before
> forwarding?
>