> 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
 
Well, the current situation isn't working.  I think most of us with
Netnews gateways have been forced to set Loopcheck=Nospam.