From: James Wilson (netsurf@sersol.com)
Date: Thu Aug 20 1998 - 20:44:12 MDT
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Makes sense. Until SMTP is authenticated cryptologically it is
difficult to prevent this.
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James D. Wilson
http://www.pixi.com/~netsurf/
"non sunt multiplicanda entia praeter necessitatem"
William of Ockham (1285-1347/49)
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From: J. Maxwell Legg <income@ihug.co.nz>
To: extropians@extropy.com <extropians@extropy.com>
Date: Thursday, August 20, 1998 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: META: Re: I Love Jenny - Not!
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>David McFadzean wrote:
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>> At 05:53 PM 8/19/98 -1000, James Wilson wrote:
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>> >If the list admin can't keep spam from unsubscribed persons off
the
>> >list, is it possible to keep this troll off?
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>> Is everything posted from an unsubscribed address to be considered
spam?
>> If so, it is easy enough to block that from the list.
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>I would doubt that very much. If the list of email addresses
subscribed to a
>list is available the spam can be made to look like it is coming
through the
>list but bypasses it altogether and simply spoofs the addresses to
look like
>it came from the list. Most will be none the wiser and in fact the
list
>owner can be made to look like a supporter of the spam. I mention
this
>because I saw it happen recently on the wholesys-list and really felt
sorry
>for the list owner who had no control over the situation.
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