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[Full-Disclosure] Fighting Full-disclosure spam

From: full-disclosure () lists netsys com (Alan Rouse)
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:14:38 -0400
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I see three ways to fight the spam attack on this list:

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1.      Light Moderation.  By that I mean, posts that are clearly spam
are rejected.  (But no value judgements made on whether a certain
security-related posting should be allowed).  Repeat spammers are banned
from the list.  Etc...
2.      Email client filtering.  When you get a spam message, add a
filter for the sender of that message.  It at least makes it more
difficult for these people to get the junk through.=20
3.      Just ignore them.  Perhaps they will eventually find something
more interesting to do.

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What not to do:

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1.      Don't reply to spam.
2.      Don't unsubscribe.
3.      Don't stop sending quality posts.  =20

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If you do any of these last three things you are contributing to the
demise of the list.

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Thanks


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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I see three ways to fight the spam attack on this =
list:</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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 <li class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
     font-family:Arial'>Light Moderation.&nbsp; By that I mean, posts =
that are
     clearly spam are rejected. &nbsp;(But no value judgements made on =
whether
     a certain security-related posting should be </span></font><font =
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      face=3DArial><span =
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     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>owed). &nbsp;Repeat
     spammers are banned from the list.&nbsp; Etc...</span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
     font-family:Arial'>Email client filtering.&nbsp; When you get a =
spam
     message, add a filter for the sender of that message.&nbsp; It at =
least
     makes it more difficult for these people to get the junk through. =
</span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
     font-family:Arial'>Just ignore them.&nbsp; Perhaps they will =
eventu</span></font><font
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     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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     something more interesting to do.</span></font></li>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What not to do:</span></font></p>

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 <li class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
     font-family:Arial'>Don&#8217;t stop sending quality posts.&nbsp; =
&nbsp;</span></font></li>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If you do any of these last three things you are
contributing to the demise of the list.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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