From: "John M. Aldrich" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Spam [semi off topic] Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 21:07:27 +0000 Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt Lines: 27 Message-ID: <33F0D08F.5452@cs.com> References: <5rrtoh$6o2 AT freenet-news DOT carleton DOT ca> <33ECCA9A DOT 1887AE79 AT alcyone DOT com> Reply-To: fighteer AT cs DOT com NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp105.cs.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Erik Max Francis wrote: > > Paul Derbyshire wrote: > > DJ, can your mailserv detect spam and avoid propagating it? That cuts the > > spam audience by half. > > Is truly _half_ of the spam that appears here sent to the mailing list? I > find that hard to believe. Actually, the vast majority of the spam is probably posted on the newsgroup and gatewayed to the mailing list. DJ has a script on the gateway that catches a great deal of the spam and prevents its propagation. Unfortunately, this occasionally catches things it shouldn't, like a portion of one of my signature files. :) The problem is that this protection can't be effectively applied directly to the newsgroup unless it is officially declared as moderated or retro-moderated. Doing so without permission from the Usenet Gods would result in all sorts of horrid consequences. :) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | John M. Aldrich | "Sin lies only in hurting other | | aka Fighteer I | people unnecessarily. All other | | mailto:fighteer AT cs DOT com | 'sins' are invented nonsense." | | http://www.cs.com/fighteer | - Lazarus Long | ---------------------------------------------------------------------