RE: Junk mail?

Hi Chris, All:

  I've been receiving the occasional spam for the past year or two now
(including the #AD6 one you mention), and like you I suspect someone has
harvested my address off of the IBIS list. As far as volume, it's been
pretty light -- maybe one group of spam posts a month -- but then again I
live behind a pretty sophisticated firewall that detects/blocks spam and
virus. (Also, if one does make it thru I report it.)

  As far as your question goes, I believe anyone can send a message to the
list without being a member (witness the 'subscribe' messages sent to
ibis@eda.org). Setting up a system that forces folks to subscribe before
posting, and then check all posting for a legit subscription address would
help discourage random spamming, and I will work with John Angulo (IBIS
postmaster) to see what is possible with our current mail setup.
Unfortunately, I don't know of a foolproof way to protect the list or the
users on it. The best defense is consistently reporting UCE/spam to the
originating ISP thereby getting the spammer's account pulled, but tracking
'em down can be time consuming. Any volunters?

  Hope this helps.

   Regards,
   Stephen Peters
   Intel Corp.

 
Received on Fri Jun 22 12:22:40 2001