Re: Tests and spam! Stop it!

To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
Subject: Re: Tests and spam! Stop it!
From: "Eric P. Anderson" <crusader@MO.NET>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 17:21:41 -0500
Comments: To: Niklas Brunlid <e96nbr@EFD.LTH.SE>
In-Reply-To: <33ecbd3e.1460850@news.lth.se>
Reply-To: "Eric P. Anderson" <crusader@MO.NET>

On Sat, 9 Aug 1997, Niklas Brunlid wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Aug 1997 01:36:03 +0000, James Hall <jrhall@INFOCOM.COM>
> wrote:
>
> >> There are three things that need to be done to make this list alot more
> >                   xxxxx->four things
> >> enjoyable for everyone.
> >>
> >> 1.  Ban nonsubscriber email addresses from posting to the mailing list.
> >> This will instantly stop all of the spam.
>
> This is also a newsgroup. They are mirrored to each other.

IMHO, they shouldn't be mirrored to each other.

> I just canceled my subscription to calc-ti because of all the junk
> (and I don't mean spam) mail there. I really wish people would read
> the FAQ once in a while...

Yep, nine out of ten questions on this list can be answered with rtfm.

> >> 2.  Stop posting test messages.  If you want to test your new
> >> mail client, send a message to yourself or someone that you know, don't
> >> send it to 500 people on a mailing list.
>
> Perhaps they want to test their news program too?

I think there's a newsgroup called alt.test which is used for that
purpose.

> >> 3.  Learn how to unsubscribe.  This is just common sense considering that
> >> an email clearly explaining this is emailed to each person when they join
> >> the list.
>
> Couldn't agree more on this one!
>

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Re: Tests and spam! Stop it!

From: Niklas Brunlid <e96nbr@EFD.LTH.SE>