From: Aaron Turner Date: 2009-06-06T14:37:30+09:00 Subject: Re: SPAM from Usenet On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Eric Hodel wrote: > On Jun 5, 2009, at 18:49, James Gray wrote: > >> On Jun 5, 2009, at 7:21 PM, Joshua Collins wrote: >> >>> Yes, there is a bit of spam getting through, but it is not enough to >>> annoy me. I just hit 'report spam' in my Gmail account and I do not get any >>> more mail from that user. >> >> Please never do this! >> >> Gateway messages come from a address I setup for the purpose.  You are not >> reporting the spammer.  Instead you are reporting me.  Our host has already >> threatened to shut the gateway down once due to these complaints. If the >> complaint volume increases, we will be forcefully terminated. > > Is it possible to include the usenet Received headers in gateway messages? > They don't seem to be there now. (maybe I'm mis-remembering Usenet.) This > might help my spam filter block these messages for me. I think you can use the "Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby" header, but unfortunately, I can't get gmail to filter on misc headers. :( -- Aaron Turner http://synfin.net/ http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/ - Pcap editing and replay tools for Unix & Windows Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin