On Tue Nov 04, 2003 at 08:36:09 +1100, Peter Vogel wrote: >With my limited knowledge of such things, it seems like a lot of spam >could be prevented by blocking all mail that does not contain a simple keyword. >This keyword could be included in the footer of all mail going to the >list as a reminder. It could even change from time to time. > >Have I overlooked something?
Ease of use. I'm sure my usual posting to slug will involve: send e-mail get bounce *swear about stupid magic keyword* look for an old email about the current magic keyword append to e-mail resend e-mail. Actually on second thoughts it will probably be more like: send e-mail get bounce *swear about stupid magic keyword* give up trying to reply to someones question Benno -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
