RE: english text only?

[vvor]

maybe the list managers ARE the spammers.

vora

> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of
> Ryan Speed
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 2:26 PM
> To: 'cvsInfo'
> Subject: RE: english text only?
> 
> 
> I'm willing to take my chances, I don't know of any spammers that would
> take the time to join a mailing list in order to spam, blocking outside
> senders has completely stopped spam on another list that I am on, I'm
> pretty sure it'd be helpful here too.
> 
> ryan
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vishal Jain [mailto:address@hidden 
> > Sent: March 19, 2002 11:22 AM
> > To: 'Daniels, David'; 'Ryan Speed'; 'cvsInfo'
> > Subject: RE: english text only?
> > 
> > 
> > Guys, how do we control who is subscribed? Like I am 
> > subscriber I can start putting spam! Anyone can subscribe to 
> > our list, so disallowing from external sources will not work, 
> > as the spammer can become member and spam. They may flood the 
> > list before admin can take them out from the list. But yes! 
> > Spam is becoming a much bigger issue here and we need to do 
> > something for this. One bet is to disallow all the mails that 
> > are not in normal character set, but that will limit even the 
> > normal subscribers from japan/russia and other countries that 
> > have different character set. There gotta be a way to clear 
> > up this mess.
> > 
> > Vishal Jain
> > ILX Systems
> > NY
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniels, David [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 1:59 PM
> > To: 'Ryan Speed'; 'cvsInfo'
> > Subject: RE: english text only?
> > 
> > 
> > Agreed. We can't seem to get the list managers to take action, though.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ryan Speed [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:51 PM
> > To: 'cvsInfo'
> > Subject: RE: english text only?
> > 
> > 
> > It seems to be a trend lately, I'm on a few lists that get 
> > spammed with this bullshit.  I think the best bet would be to 
> > disallow mail from people who aren't subscribed to the list.
> > 
> > ryan
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden
> > > On Behalf Of Eric Siegerman
> > > Sent: March 19, 2002 10:38 AM
> > > To: cvsInfo
> > > Subject: Re: english text only?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 07:15:12PM +0100, Leif Hanack wrote:
> > > > i'm new to this mailing-list and i'm wondering myself why 
> > i receive
> > > > mails with strange characters in it. i guess it is japanese 
> > > or stuff
> > > > like that.
> > > 
> > > It's spam.  The rest of us don't want it either!
> > > 
> > > > nevertheless, how can i get rid of it?
> > > 
> > > I wish I knew...
> > > 
> > > --
> > > 
> > > |  | /\
> > > |-_|/  >   Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont.        address@hidden
> > > |  |  /
> > > "Outlook not so good."  That magic 8-ball knows everything!
> > > I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
> > >   - Anonymous
> > > 
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