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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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- References:
- SPAM
- From: Alvin Starr <alvin@eyepoint.com>