Messages in this thread |  | | From | Albert Cahalan <> | Subject | News gateway problem | Date | Sat, 16 Nov 1996 12:34:26 -0500 (EST) |
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Can we cut off this source of spam?
First the gateway is used to collect email addresses. Then it actually lets spam hit the mailing list. The only email account of mine which gets spam is the one used to mail linux-kernel.
For news-to-mail, I ask that the gateway require a Linux: header in the message. The gateway should drop cancel messages instead of pass them to the list like it does now.
For mail-to-news, I ask that the From:, Reply-To:, and other headers with an email address be changed to have randomly generated addresses such as 1f98a759@f37a.3dcd.com.
Spam headers:
> From owner-linux-kernel-outgoing@vger.rutgers.edu Sat Nov 16 08:13:28 1996 > To: submit-linux-dev-kernel@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com > Path: usenet > From: ab.general@atlas.uniserve.com > Newsgroups: linux.dev.kernel > Subject: news.admin.net-abuse.sightings > Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 02:54:25 > Organization: UNIServe Online > Lines: 29 > Message-ID: <56k6vc$3ng@atlas.uniserve.com> > NNTP-Posting-Host: van0102.tvs.net > X-Submitted-Via: news@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com (linux.* gateway) > Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Precedence: bulk ... > Yours Truly, > P. Richardson > Radman Internet Brokers > http://irc.havenet.com/radman
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