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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Tue, 4 May 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Rob wrote:
> >
> >  I've been getting quite a few Netskys from this list
> 
> I'm not getting any.  Perhaps they are getting filtered
> out on the way to the South Pacific?
> 
> > I only use this email address for this list. 
> 
> If you are getting too much spam on that address, I suggest 
> you kill it and use a new one.  Disposable email addresses
> (with automatic forward) are available from dea.spamcon.org
> You get three free ones per year -- more than that you have
> to pay.

The problem here is not spam.  I have not gotten any spam at the address I 
use for this list, only Netsky, which was sent to baslinux, not me 
personally, and my 'ISP' does not filter for viruses (it is actually a 
webhosting machine of a friend of a friend).  Someone on the list (with a 
disposable email address at clicvu) has baslinux address in their 
computer, not necessarily in their address book, and Netsky is sending to 
baslinux once in a while.  It also has Steven's address, among others, and 
fakes the 'from' address randomly from the addresses in its computer, 
including Steven's address.  

If it were not for the disposable email address meant to foil spam, we 
could figure out who harbored the worm and notify them.  Two rights don't
fix a wrong.


> When I set up this discussion group, I selected the following
> options:
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Advertise this list when people 
> ask what lists are on this machine?        NO
> 
> Who can view subscription list?            LIST ADMIN ONLY
> 
> Show member addresses so they're not 
> directly recognizable as email addresses?  YES


They are recognizable to everyone actually receiving the mail so what you 
did above worked to prevent spam.  (You did a good job deciding who should 
actually join the list, assuming you were selective).

Does mail sent to baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.com get filtered at all for 
viruses?  If not, can it be filtered?

> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I had hoped that would stop these sorts of problems.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
> 
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