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Dennis Boone <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 27 Jun 1995 13:47:42 EDT
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On Tue, 27 Jun 1995 00:56:52 +0200 Eric Thomas said:
>I guess what is needed is either a way for NETNEWS not to put its address
>in  the "Sender:"  when the  list  gated to  is  public (or  maybe use  a
>different package for  this gateway function), or some  sort of exclusion
>list with addresses that can't be hit  by the spammer. But, of course, if
>spammers find out that [log in to unmask] is a "protected" address they
>will quickly abuse it...
 
On the other hand, I've specifically and urgently wanted to be able to
filter out postings that come through that gateway.  The CWIS-L list
seems to get hit by every bombing run for some reason.  Most of the
problem posts seem to come through the USENET gateway.
 
Dennis

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