Re: What are we going to do about spam?

rsr@lab.net
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 13:28:43 -0700 (PDT)

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On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Greg Noel wrote:

> Past discussions have shown that restricting submissions only to those on
> the mailing list meets with a lot of resistance---for one thing, there are
> members that participate through anonymous remailers.
>
> One could make the case that submissions be restricted to mailing list
> members plus a set of anonymous remailer sites, but that would also
> eliminate legitimate messages from people not on the list. I don't think
> I want to propose that (at least, not yet).

NANOG uses a fairly clean method for dealing with this.

You have two lists:

Those who receive CodherPlunks messages
Those who can post to CodherPlunks

The second list can be automated just like a mailing list, with possible
subscription moderation. Subscription to the first list could, possibly,
automatically put you on the second list.

> Are there any others who would appreciate less spam in their email? Is
> there support from the list as a whole for RBL filtering?

Personally, I find MAPS RBL filtering to be advisable in ALL
circumstances, _period_ (but then, I trust Vixie - do you?)

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for the truth,' and so it goes away."  - Robert M. Pirsig

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