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Enrique Padilla wrote:
>
> Greetings all !
>
> OK, lets talk about Jenny !
>
> The only way I can stop spam from coming into the list (if they are using
> voice-users@@voicerecognition.com) is to make the list ONLY accept messages
> from s ubscribed users (notice the space so that this message doesn't get
> rejected by the listserv).
>
> However, I did this a few weeks ago and I received anywhere from 20-30
> messages that did not go through to the list. This includes anyone who has
> had a variation for their email address, or anyone in the voice-users-digest
> which include many active members that do not like to receive 10 - 30
> messages daily.
>
> Unfortunately, there is no way around it. However, if you would like to try
> the 'members can post only' routine for a few weeks to see how it goes, that
> is ok by me. However, I am unable to re-post every message that is rejected
> by the listserv program. Maybe with a less active list, but this list
> posts over 300 messages per week.
>
> I do have 1 or 2 suggestions. As someone mentioned earlier, if you can use
> some type of filtering program to filter things like (You've Won, or Bulk
> Email or xxx or adults only or This is not mlm or any one of the average
> emails, you will notice a pattern in these spam mails and can filter most of
> them out. Email programs capable of this are Netscape Mail, MS Outlook 97
> (Outlook 98 has a special facility for spam mails), Calypso, Eudora, and
> many others.
>
> Well, lets take a vote.
>
> -Enrique
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: K Hackman <sandflea@@emi.net>
> To: Voice-Users Mailing List <voice-users@@voicerecognition.com>
> Date: Thursday, April 02, 1998 7:48 PM
> Subject: "Hi im Sandra", "Im Jenny", "You've won $5,000", et al.
>
> >Greetings,
> >
> >I'd also like to voice my distaste for receiving SPAM through this
> >mailing list. This topic has come up in the past, but apparently it
> >hasn't been taken seriously enough by those who have control over this
> >forum. Can, or better yet, will, this issue ever be resolved?
> >
> >Kevin
> >
> >
> >--
> >-----------------------------------------------------------
> >"The less people know about how laws and sausages are made,
> > the better we shall all sleep at night."
> >
> > Otto Von Bismark
> >-----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
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