Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-03 Thread Keith Jones
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 01:46:14PM -0500, Garance A Drosihn wrote: At 3:08 PM + 11/2/00, Terry Lambert wrote: 3. Automatically delete all MIME parts with: Content-Type: application/* Which are ever sent via the list software. This seems like a mighty good idea

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-03 Thread David Scheidt
On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Keith Jones wrote: :On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 01:46:14PM -0500, Garance A Drosihn wrote: : At 3:08 PM + 11/2/00, Terry Lambert wrote: : 3. Automatically delete all MIME parts with: : : Content-Type: application/* : : Which are ever sent via the list

Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Greg Black
Maybe it's time to close the list so that it only accepts messages from subscribers. The spam was bad enough, but the virus warnings are over the top. Sigh. -- Greg Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] Join the fight against spam: http://www.cauce.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Mike Silbersack
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Greg Black wrote: Maybe it's time to close the list so that it only accepts messages from subscribers. The spam was bad enough, but the virus warnings are over the top. Sigh. -- Greg Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] Join the fight against spam: http://www.cauce.org/ Just

RE: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Reinier Bezuidenhout
Seems more like someone is trying to crash the mail server by with these loopedy mail and replies from the virus programs ... :( On 02-Nov-00 Greg Black wrote: Maybe it's time to close the list so that it only accepts messages from subscribers. The spam was bad enough, but the virus

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Alex Belits
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Mike Silbersack wrote: Just having the list ensure that it was in the To: or Cc: header would be sufficient in this case. Such a change would block relay spam as well. Some places with not-so-nice connectivity to the rest of the Internet use local lists to distribute

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
-On [20001102 09:45], Greg Black ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Maybe it's time to close the list so that it only accepts messages from subscribers. The spam was bad enough, but the virus warnings are over the top. Sigh. I personally prefer mailing the backarsed company producing this piece

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Greg Black
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven writes: -On [20001102 09:45], Greg Black ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Maybe it's time to close the list so that it only accepts messages from subscribers. The spam was bad enough, but the virus warnings are over the top. Sigh. I personally prefer mailing

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
-On [20001102 10:20], Mike Silbersack ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Greg Black wrote: Maybe it's time to close the list so that it only accepts messages from subscribers. The spam was bad enough, but the virus warnings are over the top. Sigh. Just having the list ensure

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Jordan Hubbard
You know that and I know that and probably all the legitimate subscribers to the list know that -- but we're dealing with cretins here, and so we need to take effective steps against them. I don't want to unsubscribe, but I don't want all the junk either. I've just blocked them and a few

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Terry Lambert
You know that and I know that and probably all the legitimate subscribers to the list know that -- but we're dealing with cretins here, and so we need to take effective steps against them. I don't want to unsubscribe, but I don't want all the junk either. I've just blocked them and

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Terry Lambert
I personally prefer mailing the backarsed company producing this piece of junk. I mean Precedence: bulk is a frigging standard. Technically speaking, a virus scanner is not a an autoresponder. In general, they tend to be configurable, and "delete and warn sender" is a common default

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Mike Silbersack
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Alex Belits wrote: On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Mike Silbersack wrote: Just having the list ensure that it was in the To: or Cc: header would be sufficient in this case. Such a change would block relay spam as well. Some places with not-so-nice connectivity to the rest

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Bill Fumerola
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 01:28:09AM -0800, Alex Belits wrote: Some places with not-so-nice connectivity to the rest of the Internet use local lists to distribute this list among users -- this is why there are messages with no to:/cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the first place. And it will do

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread John Baldwin
On 02-Nov-00 Terry Lambert wrote: 3.Automatically delete all MIME parts with: Content-Type: application/* Which are ever sent via the list software. What about application/pgp-signature? -- John Baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key:

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Garance A Drosihn
At 3:08 PM + 11/2/00, Terry Lambert wrote: 3. Automatically delete all MIME parts with: Content-Type: application/* Which are ever sent via the list software. This seems like a mighty good idea to me... Is there any reason we would ever expect an application sent

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Greg Black
3.Automatically delete all MIME parts with: Content-Type: application/* Which are ever sent via the list software. What about application/pgp-signature? Indeed. -- Greg Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] Join the fight against spam: http://www.cauce.org/ To

Re: Time to close the list?

2000-11-02 Thread Michael R. Wayne
How about simply 3.Automatically delete all MIME parts /\/\ \/\/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message