Re: The plague has returned

[Mike McCarty <mike mccarty sbcglobal net>]

Thomas Cameron wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 15:11 +0000, Paul Smith wrote:
>
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: AntiSpam UOL <petsupermarket sspam uol com br>
> > Date: Nov 30, 2005 3:01 PM
> > Subject: RE: Re: Getting a text file rid of all superfluous blank lines
> > To: phhs80 <phhs80 gmail com>
>
>
> People - this has been hashed and rehashed on the list countless times.
>
> Just make a rule to delete this crap.  Whether it's with Evolution,
> Outlook/Outlook Express, procmail, Thunderbird or whatever, please just
> set up a rule to delete this trash.  
>
> Everyone including the list admin knows this is a problem, but it is
> impossible to determine who the offending user is for reasons previously
> discussed.

It is not impossible to find out which subscriber is responsible for
this.

Here is one of the headers:

> From: AntiSpam UOL <petsupermarket sspam uol com br>
> Date: Nov 30, 2005 3:01 PM
> Subject: RE: Re: Getting a text file rid of all superfluous blank lines
> To: phhs80 <phhs80 gmail com>

If the list manager sends each subscriber one (1) one message with a
subject matter dependent on the subscriber, like

Subject: This message sent to Mike McCarty sbcglobal net

then a few challenges would come back, each identifying a subscriber.

I, for one, am willing to put up with one (1) one message like that
in order to fix this.

> Posting this kind of stuff to the list is just exacerbating the problem.
>
> Thomas

Hopefully, this one message clarifies a misconception you have.

Mike
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