Re: FAQs and crossposting policies

Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us)
Wed, 05 Feb 1997 10:53:42 -0500

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clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:
> There are a number of extremely rabid sex spammers that are blasting
> out tens of thousands of massively cross-posted articles per week.
>
> The ISPs have relatively little alternative.

Far be it from me to argue with Chris Lewis on the subject of net abuse
... but ... I still don't see why discriminating against crossposted
articles will do anything to control spammers. Won't they just switch
to blasting out tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of not-crossposted
articles?

It seems to me that the existing rules against EMP are appropriate for
controlling spam (although they could do with some better enforcement
mechanism than after-the-fact cancellation). I don't see how prohibiting
cross-posting will help, and I do see where and how it will hurt.

regards, tom lane

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