At 07:01 PM 5/27/97 +0000, you wrote:
>> >And yes I agree - the listserver should reject nonsubscriber emails etc
>>
>> This has been tried and the idea abandoned. Andy Warren provided the reason
>> why and it was something to due with the variable way some mail servers
>> send the same return address.
>
>Right.  For example, when I was a student at UW Madison using my class
>account, email from me could have appeared as

Ummm.. Why can't the list server filter on the "reply to" field, rather
than the "from" field?  Then people could post from work, etc. but the
spammers would be mostly frustrated...

In the meantime I forward the spam off to a likely "abuse" postoffice at
whatever looks like the source.

j.

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