On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Jacob Palme wrote: > At 10:03 -0500 02-03-14, The IESG wrote: > > The level of spam on IETF mailing lists has now reached the > > level that we encourage the use of operational controls as > > described in: > > > > http://www.ietf.org/IESG/STATEMENTS/mail-submit-policy.txt > > > > In particular, list managers are encouraged to employ the > > use of automatic mechanisms that immediately distribute > > messages submitted by subscribers and other known email > > addresses while directing all other messages to a human > > reviewer for rejection or approval. > > > 5) Mailing lists that check the sender's address as part of the > > determinate of what might be spam must also support a list of "known > > email addresses" whose submissions are automatically approved > > without human intervention. The list of "known email addresses" must > > include at least the following addresses: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Will not the spammers soon learn to send their spams with > one of these addresses as bogus sender?
You overestimate the spammers :-). Most probably have no idea what IETF is or that they're spamming an IETF list. -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords
