[Admin] RE: [thelist] FW

I assume you _can_ block email addresses.

Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Daniel J. Cody <dcody@oracular.com>
To: <admin@lists.evolt.org>; <thelist@lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Admin] RE: [thelist] FW


> Just wanted to let everyone know what was up with this..
> 
> aardvark wrote:
> > 
> > is this a subbed address?
> 
> No..
>  
> > if it is, is it no longer subbed?
> > if it isn't, how'd it get through?
> 
> I dont have hardcore checking on for who can send an email.. *shrug*
> 
> I did turn it on last August(I cant find the link in the archive ATM
> though) but there was a ton of problems with people's posts not going
> through, because they didnt come from the email address that one was
> actually subscribed at.
> 
> For example, lets say joe blow is subb'ed as joeblow@isp.com - when I
> did turn on hard checking last summer, I found that a lot of peoples
> email were getting caught in MG's spam filters because they weren't
> coming from joeblow@isp.com - rather, *many* people on our little list
> here have joeblow@isp.com forward to sexyjoeblow69@aol.com and when they
> try to post from there, the spam filters catch it, and I have to approve
> it manually(which obviously can suck :)
> 
> So, ya I could go back to the hard checking(where an email doesnt get
> through unless it matches exactly what you're subbed at), but it would
> take some cooperation from everyone else :)
> 
> Actually, this is the first spam we've gotten in 9 months, so we're not
> at crisis level yet(although it indeed bugs the shit out of me
> regardless)..
> 
> So, if anyone has an opinion one way or another, let me know and we'll
> work something out..
> 
> .djc.
> 
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