Re: SPAM: suggestion for listowner

Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
10 Mar 1998 10:56:56 +0100


Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl> writes:

> On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Dan Hollis wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, docwhat@gerf.org ;The Doctor What wrote:
> > > We should add for all the lists under linux-* a cookie method for
> > > adding subscribers.
> >
> > This does nothing to prevent spam, unfortunately.
>
> What about a cookie posting method, eg. rejecting all
> postings that don't have +linux+ in the subject...
> It could be a PITA at first, but it'll keep out the
> spammers.

It would be much worse than a occasional spam. Don't make the cure
worse than the disease. The only way to make sure you'll never receive
spam is to shutdown your mail account.

-Andi

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