Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 17 Nov 1997 23:29:55 -0800 (PST) | | From | Gerhard Mack <> | | Subject | Re: spam - Re: $7,000 loan,No Payback Ever!!! |
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On 18 Nov 1997, Aaron M. Ucko wrote:
> [Trimmed Cc: line.] > > Edward Welbon <welbon@bga.com> writes: > > > I propose that the linux-kernel mail list be setup to exclude postings > > from non susbscribers. This would reduce the spam to nearly zero. The > > The spam level to linux-kernel already *is* really low; that was the > first piece in quite a while. linux-kernel has enough volume that > subscription is an an unreasonable requirement of some posters, > especially those who read it through some sort of gateway (as many do > here at MIT, for instance.)
I have a borrowed idea, I recently downloaded an anti-spam hosts.deny file from ftp.dal.net that contains the addresses of a large number of known spam sites.
Gerhard
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