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Tue, 4 Feb 1997 23:29:55 -0700
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At 10:54 PM 2/3/97 -0500, Emily Agree wrote:
>Twice this week I have received e-mail spam through lists I belong to.
>First I received the MMF chain letter on a list I *own* and which I know
>to be restricted to posting by subscribers; and second, I just received
>the magazine spam (Kevin?) on a list I am a member of (from a different
>account).   Is there some new software out there that we need
>to protect ourselves from that breaks into lists?
>

If the list doesn't require confirmation of a subscription, then they could
sub and spam and unsub all in one message.  And I'm sure plenty of the
jerks of the world have figured this out.

dan


Dan Lester
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