Thread closed in the interest of keeping list volume under control. Please do not discuss spam on the list - It only serves to cause further interference to the normal threads of discussion..
The list server at qth.net already has a lot of anti-spam filtering, but when a spammer uses a legit subscribed address for a poster, it can sometimes slip through. Please contact the moderator if you have further concerns. 73, Eric Lost moderator --- www.elecraft.com On 11/13/2012 9:43 AM, David Gilbert wrote: > That won't accomplish anything other than to make a lot more work for > the Elecraft guys. It doesn't cost the spammers the slightest > measurable bit extra ... in terms of money, time, or effort ... to send > messages to a dead end once they have the address. The only thing that > it does is prevent them from being able to represent the address to > their reprehensible clients as a "premium" one ... i.e., vulnerable. > > Besides, at least some of these spam emails are the result of some list > user's address book being compromised, and there's nothing to prevent > that happening to multiple users over and over again. Putting the list > on moderate status might make things nicer for us, but it doesn't make > the spammers go away ... ever. > > Dave AB7E > > > > On 11/13/2012 9:31 AM, Alan Jump wrote: >> With the spate of spam messages, I'd like to humbly suggest that the >> list owner switch the list to Moderated status for a time...at least, >> long enough for the spammers to get tired of their messages not getting out. >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
