Re: permitted cross-posting for genuine FAQs
Raz Uri (s2845543@techst02.technion.ac.il)
Tue, 10 Mar 1998 17:20:26 +0200 (IST)
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> This is a classic example of the standard trust problem.
>
> You want a class of bona fide FAQs for which spam filters make
> exception from their cross-posting filter rules.
>
How about simply not counting any of the *.answers newsgroups in
the BI calculations ?
>
> How do you make these NewsPosts easy to recognize without making
> them easy to fake? [and how do you get News admins to know about
> them and process them appropriately?] One approach would be
> public key encryption used in digital signatures. This heads you
> straight into the debate about authentication servers, no? The
> news.answers moderators as a nodeless trust ring.
>
Was the approval header for *.answers ever forged by spammers ?
Uri Raz.