[Samba] Re: nazi spam in German over list address

[JLB]

On Mon, 16 May 2005, Ed Kasky wrote:

> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 10:47:34 -0700
> From: Ed Kasky <ed at esson.net>
> To: Jason Pyeron <jpyeron at pdinc.us>
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Re: nazi spam in German over list address
> Resent-Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 13:58:52 -0400 (EDT)
> Resent-From: Jason Pyeron <jpyeron at pdinc.us>
> Resent-To: samba at samba.org
> Resent-Subject: Re: [Samba] Re: nazi spam in German over list address
> 
> At 09:50 AM Monday, 5/16/2005, you wrote -=>
>> On Mon, 16 May 2005, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> If its not spam, then it will be virus that forge headers
>>> and claim to come from a list members address.  There is no
>>> silver bullet to solve this issue without moderating every
>>> post.
>> 
>> But if the policy was only subscriber posting then, we would know that were 
>> the case with certainty, from the start. Then you would remove the member's 
>> subscription until his/her computer is fixed.
>> 
>> Once again, close this list to members only.
>
> Seconded.  With a closed list, virus and spam protection, it would certainly 
> cut down on the amount of junk that gets posted and would be easy to identify 
> the offender.

I'd go further and cut down on membership to people emailing from 
non-Windows systems (including Webmail systems, until someone invents a 
worm that spreads through those...)

>
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