Two topics.

First topic:
I'm suggesting a way that we could recognize that someone who is aware of
the newsgroups rules has posted.  I'm not suggesting that we need a way to
identify when email has arrived from the list.  Let's eliminate Spam
completely by having a manual procedure that the spammers wouldn't build
into the posts they make.

So we tell everyone (perhaps in a post) that we will require <MPE> in the
subject.  Then the list server would be modified to reject anything that
fails to have the <MPE> in the subject.

Second topic:
I place .invalid in my return email as a test of a concept someone told me
about.  So, does it cause extra work?

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Change the ".invalid" to ".com" to return email.
"Jeff Kell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> Gibson Nichols wrote:
> >
> >  Suggestion: each item posted could begin with <MPE> in the subject.
Then we
> > could select on this.
>
> If you haven't already, go to the listserv archive/subscriber support
> link below and set your subscription option "Mail header style" to be
> "LISTSERV-style, with list name in subject", and you will have the
> string [HP3000-L] in postings from the list.
>
> > Change the ".invalid" to ".com" to return email.
>
> If you post to the list with such an invalid return address, your
> postings will be delayed until I can receive and approve them (as
> noted last Friday, your subscription must be on file to automatically
> post).
>
> We've caught about a dozen spams since Friday that were attempted to
> the list (including *4* more Nigerian scams, they never give up).
>
> Jeff
>
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