Around 14 o'clock on Dec 4, J Grant wrote:

> Would it be possible to moderate this list? or a least filter the
> domains that spam tends to come from so that the majority do not get
> through?  Could you moderate the First post from each new subscriber?
> that way people could not just spam the list. 

Moderating the list would significantly slow the flow of information; I'm 
hoping to eliminate the viruses with some simple filters.  I'll also 
investigate whether we can get some reasonable "virus" checkers to run on 
mailing list mail.

So far, the viruses have not come from any particular location, and 
several have come from people legitimately subscribed to the list.

> Not needing to be a member is part of the problem and should be
> incorporated into the solution i feel.

The reason for accepting postings from non-members is largely because 
most of us have many email addresses, and use different addresses for 
different activities.

Please understand that no-one is more interested in fixing this little 
virus problem -- the viruses themselves are harmless, but the tremendous 
flood of mail I receive after each such message from various helpful mail 
systems is not pleasant.

Keith Packard        XFree86 Core Team


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