On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 07:50:16 -0500 Omar Thameen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you have the capability, is there any reason not to place the > subscriber email address in the To: header of list messages... That ignores CC'd cross posts (or just list addresses which migrate to the CC: on lists which don't munge reply-to) , and BCC'ed messages to the list. Depending on your list, users, and a few other factors this can be a Good or Bad Thing. > I myself find that I can get rid of 80-90% of spam in this manner. More than 60% of the SPAM I get is addresses directly to me in either the To: or CC: header. Of that 60% roughly 30% is mailmaerged such that the message body directly references me. > I can't see that much is lost when mailing list information can be > placed in other headers, such as those recommended by RFC2369 > (List-Help, List-Post, etc.). Unfortunately many MUAs still don't support RFC 2369. -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. [EMAIL PROTECTED] He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.
