* J C Lawrence
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 Omar Thameen 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.
RFC 2919 recommends List-Id:.
Thomas Gramstad
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"Junk mail, mostly. One of my lesser triumphs."
-- Satan, _Brimstone_
