Another anti-spam idea from David Goldsmith on 1997-03-10 (ietf-charsets@w3.org from January to March 1997)

From: David Goldsmith <goldsmith@apple.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 13:53:35 -0800
To: IETF Charsets Mailing List <ietf-charsets@INNOSOFT.COM>
Message-id: <199703102154.NAA11366@scv2.apple.com>

Hi all,

I don't know if this has been suggested before, but how about bouncing 
messages that don't have the mailing list's address explicitly stated in 
one of the To: or CC: fields? I know that would bounce messages that are 
BCC'd to the list, but it seems like that wouldn't be a very frequent 
technique for legitimate posts to the list. Based on the spams I've seen 
over the last few weeks, this kind of filter would reject all of them.


David Goldsmith
Text and International Software Architect
Apple Computer, Inc.
goldsmith@apple.com



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