There was a massive spam last night from an invalid address posting on
usenet with the subject "The Key To Organizing Your Health Records".
Since the address was invalid, the usenet <-> Listserv gateway added
itself as the sender ([log in to unmask]).  The spam was detected by
the Listserv network and only a few copies got onto the mailing lists.
 
One side effect of this, however, is that gatewayed mail was being sent
to me for "review", since the Sender: field was <[log in to unmask]>.
I just finished forwarding six postings to the list that fell in that
category, apologies if I goofed up anybody's address in the process.
I have *ZOT*ted <[log in to unmask]> out of the spam suspect list.
 
I also updated Listserv to release 1.8b.  There isn't much change from
a user's point of view except for the mailing options.  Attached below
is an excerpt from the release notes.
 
[\] Jeff Kell, [log in to unmask]
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* Usability: Change in MAIL, DIGEST and INDEX options *
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Originally, the  MAIL, DIGEST, INDEX  and NOMAIL options  corresponded to
the four  possible settings of a  single option. That is,  switching from
DIGEST to NOMAIL would stop the delivery of new digests, as expected, but
would also make LISTSERV forget that the subscription should be in digest
mode. A subsequent  switch to MAIL would restore delivery,  but in normal
(non-digest) mode. This was confusing to novice users.
 
In  version  1.8b,   the  MAIL/NOMAIL  option  has   been  isolated  from
DIGEST/INDEX. The MAIL/NOMAIL option  controls whether messages should be
delivered,  and  the  DIGEST/INDEX/NODIGEST/NOINDEX option  controls  the
format in which  messages should be delivered. Thus,  switching to NOMAIL
and back to MAIL now  preserves the digest/index/normal delivery setting.
To provide  as much compatibility  with the  old syntax as  possible, the
four options now operate as follows:
 
- DIGEST: enable digest delivery mode  (which negates INDEX), enable mail
  delivery. No change from version 1.8a.
 
- INDEX: enable index  delivery mode (which negates  DIGEST), enable mail
  delivery. No change from version 1.8a.
 
- NOMAIL: disable mail delivery. No change from version 1.8a.
 
- MAIL: restore  mail delivery, without altering  the digest/index/normal
  delivery setting (new behaviour). For  compatibility with 1.8a, if mail
  delivery  was already  active,  the MAIL  option negates  INDEX/DIGEST.
  Thus, a user going from NOMAIL  to MAIL will keep his previous delivery
  options, whereas a user going from DIGEST or INDEX to MAIL will in fact
  deactivate index/digest mode.
 
To revert from digest/index subscription mode to normal delivery, you can
use either the MAIL option as before, or the NODIGEST/NOINDEX option. The
NODIGEST and NOINDEX  options were actually present in  versions 1.7f and
1.8a, as  synonyms for the  MAIL option. In  other words, you  can update
your instructions to  indicate that the DIGEST/INDEX  options are negated
by the NODIGEST/NOINDEX  options, even if your server is  not yet running
version 1.8b.