Aloha, I was in my office yesterday and had this same question, any help would be welcome. Juli Burk On Mon, 26 Jun 1995, Duane Weaver wrote: > What is a list owner supposed to do when LISTSERV sends > a possible spam notice? > > > ---------------------------- Text of forwarded message ----------------------- > Received: (from VM.MARIST.EDU for <[log in to unmask]> via BSMTP) > Received: (from MAILER@MARIST for MAILER@OHSTMVSA via NJE) > (UCLA/Mail V1.500 M-MAILER-9744-288); Mon, 26 Jun 95 11:19:27 EDT > Received: from VM.MARIST.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@MARIST) by VM.MARIST.EDU > (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7124; Mon, 26 Jun 1995 11:20:54 -0400 > Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 11:20:54 -0400 > From: "L-Soft list server at MARIST (1.8b)" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: TSO-REXX: possible spam from [log in to unmask] > To: Duane Weaver <[log in to unmask]> > > The following message was submitted by [log in to unmask] to the TSO-REXX > list at VM.MARIST.EDU. It is being forwarded to you for verification because > the message has been identified as a possible "spam", that is, an advertisement > or other unsolicited material sent to large numbers of mailing lists with no > consideration for whether or not the material is appropriate for the lists it > is being sent to. A single "spam" can result in the delivery of millions of > unwanted e-mail messages worldwide, costing the victims and service providers a > total of several hundred thousand dollars. The cost to the spammer is usually > under five dollars. To be effective, a counter-measure must neutralize the spam > within the first five minutes. Consequently, there is no time for all the > LISTSERV servers to compare notes with each other before acting, and some > legitimate postings may be intercepted erroneously. If this is the case, simply > forward this message back to the list with an explanatory note. >