Wed, 13 Dec 1995 08:27:51 -0400
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>Dave Phillips
>BIOSPH-L list owner
>As long as subscribers don't find it awkward to post and obtain regular
>list mail, many seem to prefer making accessing other features
>a bit awkward at the margins in exchange from protection from spammers.
>Every list is different; and some are expressly targeted more often than
>others. In the case of BIOSPH-L, I had the usenet gateway closed and set
>posting to subscriber-only because of the prevalance of mail header
>forging
>in spam. Since there is no way to get back at these spammers (and
>attempts
We are considering a USENET gateway for a list used by foreign language
teachers. I thought that if the USENET group were moderated or
read-only, we could avoid unwanted posting through the gateway. Am I
wrong about this? Was the problem stated above that addresses were
taken from the USENET posts and used to forge e-mail posts, or were the
forgeries sent in via USENET?
We have been very cautious about opening a USENET gateway but are
considering it because of subscriber interest in being able to read
FLTEACH without filling their mailbox.
Bob
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