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  Re: Possible crawler-bot alert?
 
(...) are there some measure in place? yes, some. Is it possible to block out crawlers? not really. As long as anyone can point their browser (or newsreader) and connect to LUGNET, without requiring a password, the data there can be harvested. We (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Possible crawler-bot alert?
 
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> (...) to (...) Dan, Question regarding this. I mostly post to LUGNET via e-mail. I just tried doing so using a spamblock in my reply-to header. This works fine, but my From: field still (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Possible crawler-bot alert?
 
(...) that is correct - since you didn't change your "from" field to use the spamblock. What you need to do is create a new "posting setup" here: (URL) put in your spamblock email address in the "From" area. Then, change your mail client to send (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Possible crawler-bot alert?
 
(...) in that case, you might want to sign up to one of the spam filtering services? I know some people have used them with much success, such as spamcop.net. (...) you can have as many setups as you need - but to use the spamblock, you only need (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Possible crawler-bot alert?
 
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> (...) is (...) change (...) post, (...) Oh, I see. I have actually changed my posting setup to include the block, but cannot send e-mail out using the block, as my mail server will not (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)

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