On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 at 00:33:06 +1000, "Michael Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Joel Sears:] > > >I've heard about this scam on the radio. > > I've received dozens of variants of this - amazing, the number of people in > Nigeria, including highly-placed business people and ex-politicians, who > implicitly trust me with millions of dollars. > I wonder whether anyone actually falls for this and gets fleeced. It must > work sometimes, or else surely they wouldn't keep doing it. > > > >The bad thing about a list is that > >this guy can deliver this scam to a lot of people at one time. > > Well, it might foil them if this list were set to accept messages only from > subscribers. I am on other lists that don't allow non-subscribers to post. How > about it, Henry? (And perhaps a filter to remove H.T.M.L. code, leaving just > the bare text, while we're about it - and maybe attachments, too (unless list > members want attachments to be postable on rare occasions when there is a > justification for doing so).) > > Regards, > Michael Edwards. > >
I second that. In fact, I've suggested it before, but have always been shot down. There are some people on this list who think it's important for non-members to be able to post. But we could set it up so that if a non-member wanted to make a legitimate post, the list could send them an e-mail that gives instructions on how to subscribe. Another argument is that the spammers could just subscribe, post their spam and then unsubscribe. But if that was going to happen, why doesn't it happen on lists that only accept posts from members? I'll tell you why. Because it's too much trouble for the spammers. Most of them use a fake address, or don't bother to check mail in an account that's just going to be deleted, so they wouldn't even see the e-mail telling them how to subscribe. --Bill _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
