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Re: ADMIN: New policies

Christopher Lindsey wrote:
> 
> IMPORTANT!  PLEASE READ TO THE END, THEN SEND COMMENTS TO lindsey@mallorn.com!
> 
> As most of you probably have noticed, there's been an influx of messages
> on these lists regarding an unsolicted advertisement that was sent out
> for the sale of cheese ball recipes.
> 
> It's my opinion that this wasn't a valid ad and was more likely an attempt
> to get someone's name blacklisted.  Nobody would forge their email address
> but still include their home address AND have their phone number listed
> unless they were nuts.  So some poor soul is probably getting thousands
> of prank calls at all hours of the night in retribution when they had
> nothing to do with it.
> 
> This doesn't make it right, of course.  A lot of you have been wondering
> what spam is, how to react to it, etc.  A good web page to visit is
> 
>    http://spam.abuse.net/spam/
> 
> Originally started by Paul Vixie et al, this provides victims of spammers
> with solutions and information.  Join the anti-spam campaign!
> 
> Now down to business.  A number of actions have been performed in response
> to this incident:
> 
>    o The involved Internet Service Providers have until midnight tonight
>      to provide me with proof that they are taking steps to prevent usage
>      as a remailer, or the following domains will no longer accept email
>      from them:
> 
>         mallorn.com
>         ncsa.uiuc.edu
>         wolfram.com
>         ithilien.com
>         [ other domains that wish to remain anonymous ]
> 
>    o Official notification to various spamming authorities
> 
>    o Changed list policies
> 
> This last option is still underway.  In its current state, the list will
> accept mail from anybody.  This is an open invitation for spammers and
> the like, but gets around the problem of people using multiple
> email addresses, etc.
> 
> I think that the best solution is to change the list configurations to
> only accept mail from known subscribers.  I have gone through all past
> messages and pulled out all known addresses that messages have come
> from.  These can be used as a base, and if anyone has any other addresses
> that they use then I can update the list on an individual basis.
> 
> What do you think of this solution?  Will it cause anyone problems?
> 
> Please respond to lindsey@mallorn.com with any comments, and I will
> summarize later.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chris
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