- From: Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 16:10:49 -0500
- To: Etan Wexler <ewexler@stickdog.com>
- Cc: www-validator-css@w3.org
The www-validator-css mailing list is now moderated. I'll have the pleasure to receive all the spams and sort the messages before they reached the list :) Philippe Etan Wexler wrote: > > The amount of spam flooding the lists > <www-validator-css.w3.org> and <www-i18n-comments.w3.org> > is unacceptable. I am subscribed to both lists; dealing with > the spam as an end user is a chore and more. I would like to > remain subscribed to both lists because I feel that they are > the correct fora for discussions that interest me. I propose > (or perhaps beg) that the World Wide Web Consortium > take measures to block spam from entering its mails. > > I have reviewed Gunnar Lindberg's "Anti-Spam > Recommendations for SMTP MTAs" (BCP 30, RFC 2505). I > believe that certain measures are easy to implement and will cut > the amount of spam dramatically. Checking the Internet > addresses of or the domains of sending hosts should serve > our purpose. I notice that most of the spam is coming from a > few hosts. And much of the spam is sent to sophia.inria.fr, which > is blindly relaying the junk to public lists. > > I thank you for your attention to this thorny matter. > > -- > Sincerely, > Etan Wexler -- Philippe Le Hegaret - http://www.w3.org/People/LeHegaret/ World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), DOM Activity Lead
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