Re: anti-spam addresses thwarts FAQ pointers
Coyt D. Watters (watters.10@osu.edu)
Fri, 25 Apr 1997 14:19:40 -0500
I am using a robot to respond to all postings to
rec.games.frp.announce. This email explains the mechanism behind the
moderated newsgroup. I have also been hitting the problems with
anti-spammed email addresses. As the moderator I use the carrot of
having valid email addresses get posted faster. Anti-Spam addresses
have to wait 3 days before I look at them.
> One of the big reasons why we think sending email won't be effective
> is because so many Usenet return addresses are intentionally bogus.
> The same mechanisms that thwart the spammers would also render the
> FAQ robot useless. I don't want to debate the issue of munging the
> addresses in the first place, but I would like ask if there are
> other newsgroups that have a robot mechanism like this, and how
> they're dealing with the bogus addresses.
>
> -Danny
>
>
-Coyt
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