Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:14:20 -0400 | From | Wakko Warner <> | Subject | Re: Anti-SPAM Suggestion... |
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> If neither moderation or forced subscription is ok, how about a simple > filter > that reject anything coming from other mailing lists? > I believe there aren't that many mailinglist packages around, and most > leave obvious clues in the headers. Some have special list-fields, > some have owner/sender set to obvious stuff like "owner" or "listserv" > Rejecting the most obvious subjects (make money fast, sex, anything > in all capitals) would be possible too. > > Some spammers would still get through of course, but we would > at least not get other mailing lists.
I've noticed that most spam goes to non-existant domain/users and never have the email address that it went to in the to/cc headers. So, why not reject mail if the to and/or cc lines don't contain linux-kernel.
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