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RE: Spam on list
- From: Gary Thomas <gthomas at ecoscentric dot com>
- To: "Koeller, T." <Thomas dot Koeller at baslerweb dot com>
- Cc: "ecos-discuss (E-Mail)" <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 17 Sep 2002 06:48:46 -0600
- Subject: RE: [ECOS] Spam on list
- References: <850597605E79D21182830008C7A4B9CF1EB4243D@COMM1>
On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 01:04, Koeller, T. wrote:
> While I am also offended by those spam mails
> I would still vote against closing the list
> for non-subscribers. We do not want to put
> any obstacles in the way of people the want
> to get acquainted to ecos, do we?
>
I agree. A "members only" list would be counter to what we
think this list is for - general discussion and dissemination
of information about eCos.
Honestly, a handful of SPAM is not such a big deal - way down
in the noise relative to the amount of useful discussion that
takes place on this list.
> tk
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gregg C Levine [mailto:drwho8@worldnet.att.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 4:39 AM
> > To: ecos-discuss
> > Subject: [ECOS] Spam on list
> >
> >
> > Hello from Gregg C Levine
> > I've been seeing a lot of spam on this list, over the past
> > several months.
> > Is there some way to discourage these people from doing their
> > repulsive and
> > wasteful acts? Specifically those that claim to be from
> > someone from one of
> > the countries located in the continent of Africa. Frankly I
> > don't believe
> > all of them. They are all scams, those posts. So, as a
> > suggestion can the
> > list be reset so that to post to it, a person needs to be
> > subscribed? And if
> > a person wants to subscribe his address needs to be
> > verifiable. That should
> > not be a problem. Shouldn't it?
> > Gregg C Levine drwho8@worldnet.att.net
> > "Oh my!" The Second Doctor's nearly favorite phrase.
> >
> >
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