[riptide] Re: [hcflinux] Accept Credit Cards Payment NOW!!!!(qfsgteui@aol.com) ABUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marc Boucher marc@linuxant.com
Sat, 17 May 2003 15:57:51 +0200


Thanks for the suggestion. We have now modified the mailing
list configuration to require moderator approval for postings
by non-subscribers. This should eliminate most of the spam.

Marc

On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 12:07:24PM +1000, Stuart Longland wrote:
> 
> stc USA wrote:
> 
> > To moderator of this group:
> >
> > This person is abusing this mail list?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >  STC
> >
> 
> Don't worry, I've just dropped them in the $#!t for spamming (forwarded
> to SpamCop), because I'll bet the "contact information" is wrong.
> 
> Also, it was unsolicited (none of us asked for it), and commercial (it
> was advertising a credit card payment service), so in that definition,
> it is spam.
> 
> If a few of us keep doing it, this should eventually start killing off
> at least some of it.  Although a better solution would be to make this
> list read-only to non-subscribers.  (that is, only those who are
> subscribed can post)


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