Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 9 Mar 1998 16:45:37 -0800 (PST) | | From | Dan Hollis <> | | Subject | Re: SPAM: suggestion for listowner |
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On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, docwhat@gerf.org ;The Doctor What wrote: > We should add for all the lists under linux-* a cookie method for > adding subscribers.
This does nothing to prevent spam, unfortunately.
> Another thing to help is that only subscribers should be allowed to > post (this is usefull also for posts like: I don't subscribe so email > me here...., which are usually questions outside the topic of the list > (usually)).
Yes, and I fear people are selling the linux-* addresses as part of spammer email listings. So it will only get worse until posting is closed to subscribers only.
-Dan
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