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Message of Fri, 8 Aug 1997 21:42:22 -0400 from LISTSERV
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On Fri, 8 Aug 1997 21:42:22 -0400 Russ <[log in to unmask]> said:
>LSTSRV-L got spammed. Listserv is supposed to prevent spam.
And it doesn't work 100% of the time.
>LSoft need to put a filter in response to an IEMMC X-Advertisement
>header item such that any message with it automatically generates an
>appropriate message to IEMMC to remove the address from their mailings.
Sure, we should go out of our way to follow the rules IEMMC have set for
their spam service. After all, they are paying us for this, right?
>Alternatively, it needs to recognize that anything with that
>X-Advertisement header IS SPAM, and prevent it from going anywhere on
>any LSoft list.
Maybe.
>Am I missing something here or am I correct in stating that LSoft's
>anti-spam technique has failed to catch a huge SPAMming organization
>that is, at least, recognizable.
I'm not really sure what to answer. You seem to say that L-Soft has
failed to magically change all installed servers overnight to filter mail
coming from some new spam joint or other than has decided to insert an
"X-Advertisement" header. Well, that's correct. I also think this is a
tempest in a teapot. They are hardly the only spam joint and something
tells me that "X-Advertisement" is not going to become a header. Tomorrow
we'll have spam joint N+1 and it will be "X-UCE" or "UCE-Info" or
whatever. What are we supposed to do, cut a new LISTSERV version every
time there is a new spam joint? The existing spam filter will catch their
spam if it hits many lists. If it only hits a couple lists it will not.
This is how the LISTSERV spam filter has always worked. Spams that only
hit a handful of lists can be handled through other existing methods
without too much hassle.
Eric
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