[ILUG] Spam Prevention

[Colm Buckley]

Joe O'Reilly writes:

> OMG if I start getting spammed with this crap on this list I'll
> unsubscribe so quick its not even funny!

Gosh, we'd certainly regret that.  We'd really miss your forwarding the
entire spam message straight back to the list, with accusatory comments
attached.

For the record, here are the antispam measures currently being employed
regarding this list:

Mail is not accepted from domains in the Realtime Blackhole List
(http://maps.vix.com/rbl/).
Mail is not accepted unless the To: field points at the list.
As of today, mail is forwarded for moderation if the Subject: field
contains three consecutive exclamation points.

There's precious little I can do to prevent spam if it appears to come
from a member's address, except moderate the entire list, which I'm not
going to do.

           Colm

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