From: Jim Freeze Date: 2002-03-09T07:48:51+09:00 Subject: Re: Spam, ruby-talk, and me On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 07:42:38AM +0900, Dave Thomas wrote: > Jim Freeze writes: > > > The way frebsd.org prevents this is two ways: > > 1) require that the reverse dns match the original address. > > 2) strip all attachments from all posts. > > I don't really have a reverse DNS to check - this is stuff coming off > an nntp feed. I could check the originating host name, but in this > particular case it would have passed. > > Dave Yes, (1) wouldn't be particularly useful for the nntp feed. But if the list enforced it, the less spam would exist at the nntp feed. What about stripping all attachments? That is, only allow text. No encoded mime formats. -- Jim Freeze Would you believe that I am 51.7 attoparsecs tall? atto: 1e-18 = one quintillionth parsec: 3.258 light-years: 3.258 * 186000 * 364 * 24 * 3600 * 5280 * 12 attoparsec: atto * parse =~ 1.20 inch 62 inches / 1.2 = 51.7 ~