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> I may be paranoid but I think it looks like Commie is going commercial and > Jarmo is sending those spams himself. No its not Jarmo who sends the spams. The plan was that I�ll send the spams and Jarmo takes the money. Jukka > 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 > > > > >
