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Date:      Mon, 25 Aug 1997 08:52:19 +1000 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: spam from hub.freebsd.org ?!?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970825085137.22575B-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <19970824185134.WP47146@uriah.heep.sax.de>

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On Sun, 24 Aug 1997, J Wunsch wrote:

> As Alex wrote:
> 
> > I know this is somewhat off topic but I've gotten like 10 spams from some
> > unknown person who has relayed his/her mail through hub.freebsd.org and
> > seemingly gotten their addresses from this list. I just did a little
> > checking and hub seems to relay anything it's asked to.
> 
> It is hard to maintain a mailing list that is supposed to be public,
> and restrict mail usage simultaneously.  Note that this spam has *not*
> just been relayed through hub, it has simply been sent to the hackers
> list.

It *is* possible to make the list "closed" so that only suscribers can 
send to the list.

Danny



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