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Re: Limiting quotations?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 10 Sep 1999 20:16:08 GMT
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On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 10:30:28AM +0000, Jacob Sparre wrote:
> I may not have been clear enough. The server should not
> _edit_ the "bad" posts. They should reject them with a
> message explaining why it was rejected and what they can
> do to get it through the filter anyway.
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> > I think the repeat offenders should be talked to.
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> Yes, but sometimes it is easier to make a computer send
> the message _before_ people "misbehave".
Hmmm....I'm not sure what majik would have to done to sendmail to make it
reject...oh...maybe you mean the listserv program! That's easily doable.
That's not a bad idea....can we still add the anti-"nospam" too?
"The reason your mail was rejected was that your return mail address
domain doesn't exist."
Maybe add a config option to their web based subscription page so they can
have LUGNET automagically rewrite their email to something like
joe-AT-lego.gerf.org
No? It doesn't take much to foil a robot, but a human is harder to foil.
*grins*
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| In the following "bad" and "misbehave" is only meant with respect to the suggested policy. Christian Holtje: [...] (...) I may not have been clear enough. The server should not _edit_ the "bad" posts. They should reject them with a message (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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