Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 19:20:13 -0500 From: ben hubbard <ben@eproduct.org> To: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org> Cc: Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net>, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Click on to meet someone you Click with Message-ID: <3AE3753C.E82BCB03@eproduct.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0104230750240.5047-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org>
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This may be way out of left field, but I was thinking about it last night.... Would it be possible to filter the mail in anyway with the mail list software at freebsd.org based on the subject lines? For example, for this message, the subject line would be Subject: [freebsd-stable] Re: Click on to meet someone you Click with or some variant. If it didn't have the [freebsd-stable] (change for whatever the list address was) then the the reply bounces with a polite "you need to put xxxx in your subject line" message to the original sender. This would stop the spam (since they usually have specific subject lines) and it would also (added bonus) make it easier for those of us that filter the incoming traffic from multiple lists to plop it all in the right folders. the flip side is that this adds complication. But is it really all that bad? If someone has to go find out the list address already anyway, they can read another line about the subject line, or worse, they just get the bounce back and get to send it again. Might also stop the various subscribe messages that end up in the list, too ;-) Of course, this may not be possible with the lsitserv software - it's not something I've ever worked with to any great extent before. Juha Saarinen wrote: > On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Chris Byrnes wrote: > > > I really hate posting stuff like this, but does anyone else see an > > increasing number of the BS? > > There's been an increasing number of spam from UK sources (this particular > one came from btinternet). Think it's because ISPs there are reluctant to > pull the plug on spammers -- maybe for legal reasons. Seen it on other > lists than the FreeBSD ones. > > -- > Regards, > > Juha > > PGP fingerprint: > B7E1 CC52 5FCA 9756 B502 10C8 4CD8 B066 12F3 9544 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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