................................. To leave Commie, hyper to http://commie.oy.com/commie_leaving.html .................................
I may be paranoid but I think it looks like Commie is going commercial and Jarmo is sending those spams himself. Jansku On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Jarmo Lundgren wrote: > ................................. > To leave Commie, hyper to > http://commie.oy.com/commie_leaving.html > ................................. > > Recently some spammers have found the commie mailing list. Although the > amount of spam posted to Commie is microscopic, it's an annoyance anyway. > > We _could_ restrict the post to only subscribed addresses, but that would > make the life harder for the subscribers. > > That's because... > > 1) The address you gave when you subscribed, doesn't necessarily match the > actual address you're posting from. You might've given an address like > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", but the real address you're posting from might sometimes > actually be "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" - although they both mean the same > mailbox. If the list was set to restrict post, all the postings from > "wrong" addresses would be rejected. > > 2) You may use relaying services to collect post from different mailboxes. > If so, you might be able to read Commie, but when replying, your address > would be wrong. Again, the post would be rejected. > > So far only three spam letters have hit the list - from the beginning of > spamming, which was a month or two ago. > > So, I suggest we bear the spam at least for now. Setting up the mail > restriction would make everyone's life (even more) miserable. > > > ---> jab | commie | http://commie.oy.com > > "Less is moo" > -- The Holy Mad Cow >
