From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-10-30T21:20:08+09:00
Subject: Re: THIS IS A SPAM MAIL

From: " JamesBritt" <james@jamesbritt.com>


>
> >
> > I'd suggest having a look at http://www.paulgraham.com
> > A lot of interesting thoughts and good spam fighting heuristics can be
found
> > there. It might give you some more ideas.
>
> I had been under the impression that only subscribers could post directly to
the
> mailing list, and that the spam was spilling over form the newsgroup.
>
> It seems I was wrong on both counts; I don't see the same spam messages on
> c.l.r, and there are no restrictions on who can post to the list.

Now there's a first for a mailing list!

> Would such restrictions be a good idea?

Definitely.  There's absolutely nothing to lose.  People who post to the list
wouldn't receive it anyway if they're not a member - unless they send from a
different account, which is unlikely.  And there's always the newsgroup.

> James

Gavin