Re: Dealing with spam

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Edward Reid (faqmail@paleo.greensboro.fl.us)
Wed, 23 Apr 97 16:24:01 -0500


> I too am having this problem -- I received over 50(!) spams this weekend
> probably because my latest rev to the SSL-Talk FAQ got posted last week.

It would seem that the spammers are selective about what
newsgroups they cull from. I'm getting maybe one or two spams
per day -- annoying but still at the level that I can that the
time to complain about each one. It's not too surprising that
posters to the comp.* hierarchy get more spam than those in the
misc.health.* hierarchy.

> I wish I could define who the "known" people are to me and use your solution.

I also cannot develop a useful list. I'd say about 90% are
one-timers.

There's a lot of talk about technical solutions to spam. I don't
see any real progress in controlling email spam. I regret to say
that I believe a legislative solution will be required.

Edward Reid