On  2 Sep 97 at 9:10, Frank A. Vorstenbosch wrote:

> > Dear friend:

Not mine he wasn't - I've complained to his ISP, and a couple up the
line.

> > Hope you had a wonderful Labor Day Holiday!  Realizing you have to

Wrong country too!

> > go back to
> >  work, would you like to
> > gain more financial freedom?  This is the easiest home business
> > you will ever
> >  see!!!
> >
> > COMBINING the power of THE INTERNET and NETWORK MARKETING,
> > this opportunity is hitting the mass consumer/opportunity-seeker
> > like no one
>  has
> >  seen before.
> >
> > You can make $400-$14,000/month in your spare time!!!
> [snip]
>
> Why o why o why can't the piclist be run on some other listserver
> application, so that some filtering can be implemented?  Like
>
>  1  Do not allow postings from anyone not subscribed to the list 2
>  Filter and process unsubscribe (and unscribe:-)) commands 3  Filter
>  out off-topic messages so that users can SET OFFTOPIC OFF 4  Filter
>  out messages that score too high on
>      - CAPITAL LETTERS
>      - Exclamation marks!!!!!!
>      - $$$DOLLAR$$SIGNS$$$$
>      - Sequences like "easy business", "network marketing",
>        "make $*/week", "move all names in the list up", "in your
>        spare time" "completely leagle" (sic) etc. etc.

You forgot - "This is not a pyramid scheme"  & "To remove your name
from this list" :(

>
> The server could then reply with a helpful message (sO tHAT mIGUEL
> cAN rEPOST hIS mESSAGES).  I'm sure that writing a listserver

<snicker>

> application shouldn't take more than a few days, really.

Indeed, a PC mailer app  with rules could just about manage it on its
own. Set it so it logs on say, every hour, reads messages, filters,
and reposts them to the ppl on the list.  ppl not on the list would
not get thru.  Known spam domains such as savetrees could get a
'nothanks' if they tried to join.
The only downside I see is
- slower response times (1 hour updates)
- annoyed ISP of whoever was running the list.
MikeS
<mikesmith_oz@relaymail.net>