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> Edward Welbon <welbon@bga.com> writes:
>
> > I propose that the linux-kernel mail list be setup to exclude postings
> > from non susbscribers. This would reduce the spam to nearly zero. The
>
> The spam level to linux-kernel already *is* really low; that was the
> first piece in quite a while. linux-kernel has enough volume that
> subscription is an an unreasonable requirement of some posters,
> especially those who read it through some sort of gateway (as many do
> here at MIT, for instance.)
I have a borrowed idea, I recently downloaded an anti-spam hosts.deny file
from ftp.dal.net that contains the addresses of a large number of known
spam sites.
Gerhard