Re: [OFFTOPIC] PLEASE MAINTAINERS STOP SPAMMERS !!!!!!!!!!!

D.A. Harris (rodmur@ecst.csuchico.edu)
Mon, 18 May 1998 16:17:06 -0700

On Mon, May 18, 1998 at 05:52:19PM -0400, Phil's Kernel Account wrote:
> I'm sure the maintainers do everything they can to stop assholes like
> this. I've already emailed abuse, postmaster, and root @as4phoenix.net. If
> you're pissed off about it, you should do the same, not complain that the
> occasional spam gets through.
>
> -Phil R. Jaenke (kernel@nls.net / prj@nls.net)
> TheGuyInCharge(tm), Ketyra Designs - We get paid to break stuff :)
> Linux pkrea.ketyra.INT 2.0.33 #15 Sat Apr 18 00:40:21 EDT 1998 i586
> Linux eiterra.nls.net 2.0.33 #15 Fri Apr 17 00:22:13 EDT 1998 i586
> - Linus says for 'brave people only.' I say 'keep a backup.' - :)

Well something that usually can be done with mailing lists to stop spammers is
to enforce subscribers-only posting. Where, obviously, only subscribers
can post to the list. Quite often spammers don't bother to take the time
to subscribe to a list before they spam it. Course it can cause a little
more work for the list administrators, because if folks modify their
e-mail (or more likely their site changes something), then you'll have
people complaining about how they can post to the list anymore.

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