Spam is getting far worse

[David Lang]

frankly this griping about the spam has generated more messages for me to
delete then the all the spam that I get each day (from all sources)

can we just drop the discussion?

David Lang

On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Fred Richards wrote:

> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 20:53:39 -0500
> From: Fred Richards <Toril@twcny.rr.com>
> To: "netfilter@lists.samba.org" <netfilter@lists.samba.org>
> Subject: Re: Spam is getting far worse
>
> Hey Guys,
>
>  I love this list too.  Sorry I haven't posted much, just started
> playing with iptables.  But you folks sure do answer alot of my
> questions before I ask them.  I work for an ISP, the netfilter stuff
> comes in handy with programming routers, understanding networking on a
> packet level.  I also do some minor unix administration, and use linux
> all the time at home.  (Actually, at work too).  Anyhow, recently,  we
> "fixed" one of our lists from spam by making some type of rule where you
> can only post to the list if you're subscribed to it, or something.  I
> don't know how it was implemented, but I can get the details tomorrow,
> if someone would like.  Does this sound feasable?  Anyone else have any
> further experience with it?  I usually disregard spam, and delete it
> immidiately if not sooner, but that last one urked me as well.  Just my
> 2c.
>
>
>                                                         -- Fred
>
> Eyes to the Skies. wrote:
>
> >Yeah this is getting worse. I've even gotten a few of the html ones
> >(python video) which crash my reader.
> >
> >I like this list, i'd hate to unsubscribe from it. A list manager should
> >do just that... Please start doing so, or i guess a boatload of us are
> >just going to unsubscribe.
> >
> >Don't take this as me trying to tell you how to do the job, just
> >suggestions.. I mean, this is BAD.
> >
> >NO RESPONSE NEEDED
> >--
> >
> >
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