> Fred Donk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >The info-afs mailing list is being abused over and over again so I would
> >like to propose that either the mailing-list becomes a moderated one or
> >that Transarc puts proper anti-spam measures in place.
On Fri, 23 Oct 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The systems administrators at Transarc are, I believe,
> well aware of the problem of spam and do have measures
> in place to deal with much of it.
While i'm sure they are aware of the problem, I'm quite sure they have
not taken reasonable measures to prevent it.
Most listserv/majordomo type software has the ability to prevent people
who are not subscribed to the list from posting to the list. While not
perfect, and merely based on the From: address of the message, this
would have stopped every single piece of spam that I'm aware of that has
come through info-afs.
I asked transarc to implement such a change a while back, and they said
no, because many people on the list do not read it via e-mail, but rather
than via news-to-mail gateways, or some such.
I have issues with some of your statements about spam control on the
recipient side being easy, but this is probably not the appropriate forum.
danno
dan pritts ans systems engineering 734/214-7409
Who ever thought there would be water in the machine room?
