Re: Anti-SPAM Suggestion...

Fred Reimer (fwr@ga.prestige.net)
Thu, 19 Aug 1999 20:22:18 -0400


Or why not verify that the from address is a valid address before
accepting the mail...

fwr

On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Wakko Warner wrote:
> > If neither moderation or forced subscription is ok, how about a simple
> > filter
> > that reject anything coming from other mailing lists?
> > I believe there aren't that many mailinglist packages around, and most
> > leave obvious clues in the headers. Some have special list-fields,
> > some have owner/sender set to obvious stuff like "owner" or "listserv"
> > Rejecting the most obvious subjects (make money fast, sex, anything
> > in all capitals) would be possible too.
> >
> > Some spammers would still get through of course, but we would
> > at least not get other mailing lists.
>
> I've noticed that most spam goes to non-existant domain/users and never have
> the email address that it went to in the to/cc headers. So, why not reject
> mail if the to and/or cc lines don't contain linux-kernel.
>
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