> 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.