Re: UseNet Gateway One Way ok?

Eric Hoeltzel (eric@dogbert.sitewerks.com)
Mon, 26 May 1997 10:49:30 -0700 (PDT)


On 25 May 1997, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:

> In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.970525190003.28803I-100000@speedy.iafrica.com>,
> Daniel Chalef <danielc@uunet.co.za> wrote:
> >Please at very least scramble the addresses. 10 minutes after posting to
> >this list earlier today, I had the complementary agis.net Portuguese telco
> >spam.
>
> So did I. Got 4 of 'em already. You would think that there's enough
> expertise in this group to cut off cyberpromo from the Internet for a
> couple of weeks.. just a thought :)

Indeed. Alternatively, it might be possible to fight spam with
spam. Collect up a bunch of information on how to filter or
block Cyberpromo and then spread it _widely_ on usenet, specifically
mentioning Cyberpromo and using Cyberpromo in all the examples.

just another thought :)

Eric Hoeltzel