Re: why don't U filter the contents

No need for I'm sorry - I agree with you, I was floating a target ballooon as it were. What might be more useful is to devise a scheme wherein our addresses via iiug were disguised automagically - hence avoiding the spam harvest and satisfying Malcom's bent for more iiug members (;-) - i.e. kidding). Although - eventually this will drive all of us to get the list through iiug. As for posting through iiug without a valid userid, Malcolm - how did you do it? cheers j. ----- Original Message ----- From: <mosserp@wellsfargo.com> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:00 PM Subject: RE: why don't U filter the contents > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org > > [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of malcolm weallans > > > > Surely any improvement is worth some effort. If we can reduce the > > amount of virus and spam mail coming through the informix mailing list > > part of CDI, then it will encourage more users to use that list rather > > than the newsgroup. And that means we have more IIUG nembers. > > QED > > > > Malcolm > > > I really don't see that much spam, etc., on the list itself. I get a TON of > spam on my regular email, no doubt due in large part that my name is on the > list. That is a different problem, tho. The spammers harvest the list for > target names, but they cannot send to the list itself (generally). > > Sorry, Jack, but I for one really do NOT want to see the list go away in > favor of newsgroup only. I cannot get access to news servers here at work > (blocked by firewall), so the list is my only access to c.d.i. > > However, I am definitely NOT in favor of a list-only format, available only > to IIUG members. C.d.i. started as a usenet newsgroup, and it should *stay* > that way -- open to all! > > My .02, > Paul Mosser > sending to informix-list > sending to informix-list sending to informix-list