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Re: Someone's at it again with SPAM
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 26 May 2000 21:09:35 GMT
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On Fri, 26 May 2000 17:00:30 GMT, Dan Boger <dan@giccs.georgetown.edu> wrote:
> How about hiding posting email addresses on messages posted, except for
> members? Just have it say "From: Dan_Boger@luget.com" or just "From:
> lugnet.admin.general@lugnet.com"? Then if a member abuses it, it'll be a lot
> easier to block him...
then all the mail spammers send would be going directly to lugnet, something
i don't think any of us want (especially the sysadmins!). spammers generally
don't handpick e-mail addresses, they usually harvest them from the web or
newsgroups or both, or get a list .. so they wouldn't realize that their
messages weren't going to real people, and it wouldn't make any difference
to them.
i don't see how it would make blocking the right (if there is such a thing)
person any easier, either .. maybe you could elaborate?
--
There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the
impact of a new idea.
Percy Williams Bridgman (1882-1961)
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| (...) First of all, in this case, it seems like the spammer just replied to any message he could find in lugnet... As for the spam going to the newsgroups, it can (and it does) only if the poster has gone through the mail setup procedure. Otherwise, (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Someone's at it again with SPAM
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| (...) while good, this still doesn't solve the general problem of spam off lugnet. How about hiding posting email addresses on messages posted, except for members? Just have it say "From: Dan_Boger@luget.com" or just "From: (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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