Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 10:58:22PM -0700, Adam Bridge wrote: > > It seems the amount of SPAM is increasing. I'm stating my preferences to have > the list subscription-only and no longer open without formally joining. We'll > only get MORE spam than we already have. > > I belong to many listservs and this is the only one that is open. There is good > software that gives a web-interface to subscriptions. I think this is not an > unreasonable request and gives some protection from spammers. It may give protection from "accidental" spam, but since envelope addresses are trivial to forge (see header) it won't stop a real spammer. I can't imagine a practical way to stop spam as long as SMTP is being used, though I'd love to be proven wrong! Emilio - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html