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Re: SPAM




On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Alvin Starr wrote:
> 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 

Today's spammer oftentimes subscribes to lists first because many LISTSERV
lists are configured to reject postings from non-subscribers.

Keep thinking though...

-Andy

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