Do the spammers subscribe to the list?  Can they handle a two step 
signup process (described below).   If either of these is no, then the 
following measures might cut down on the noise (which IMHO is destoying 
the list):

- Limit posting privileges to members of the list

- Make the signup process require a a two step  process requiring 
positive confirmation to an email (e.g., when you subscribe, server 
sends an email which must be replied to in order for the subscription to 
be complete).

- Revoke membership to repeat offenders of virus/spam


Paul Kinnucan wrote:

>Jim Snyder writes:
> > Paul...
> > 
> > Is there anything that can be done about the infected emails and junk email? Seems 
>like the last few months more and more of this stuff is occurring. Maybe there are 
>more and more users interested in jdee ;-), which would be understandable.
>
>Spammers love lists. It is inevitable that with the passage of time the
>JDEE list will be discovered and targeted by an ever growing number
>of spammers. The options are filtering or censorship. I don't want the
>responsibility for vetting incoming mail. Filtering options as I understand it are
>either centralized (i.e., filtered by Sunsite Denmark) or filtering
>by individual members. I'm cc'ing this to the Sunsite staff
>in case they have any centralized filtering solutions.
>
>Paul
>
>  
>


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