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[Alvin Starr <alvin@eyepoint.com>]

I have been noticing an incresing number of junk mails in some of the 
mail groups that I subscirbe to.  I expect that this will get a lot worse 
before it gets better. 

Here is my proposal. An E-mail message that is destined for a mail list 
is first compared to the subscribers. If the sender is on the list then 
the message is posted directly. If the message is not from a list 
subscriber the message is e-mailed back to the subscriber with a header 
added to the message that has to be mailed back to the mail list for 
processing.  This verifies that the sender has a valid return address and 
can be reached. It would quickly catch those who are using some cheesy 
little mail package or is incorectly configured there mailer deliberatly, 
from sending junk mail. 

This will by no means stop the rushing flow of junk mail but at least it 
will fill a crack in the dam. 

What do you all think??

Alvin Starr                   ||   voice: (416)493-3325
Interlink Connectivity        ||   fax:   (416)493-7974
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