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NickPendrell
Nick Pendrell

Tue

Apr 13
1999

18:42Z

Ack! Spam!

Any other lists get spammed other than Kalyr by this idiot, or was I
just unlucky?

>Subject: re your web site
>From: prident8495@yahoo.com

Yup, they got me too - although the address that it came from is
different.


Nick


TimHall
Tim Hall

Tue

Apr 13
1999

22:40Z

Ack! Spam!

On 13 Apr 1999 15:40:03 (-0600), you wrote:

>Mailing lists are continuously being spammed.  Expect a lot more if you
>leave it open like that.
>
>Lists default to POSTPERMIT=CLOSED, which means only subscribers can post
>and spam bounces (it'll make an entry in your status log).  There's a
>reason that's the default.  You change it, you takes your chances.
>
>To set it back, send
>  APPROVE password
>  SET listname POSTPERMIT="CLOSED" GLOBAL

Except I have never changed it the default, and the web list managed
shows it as closed. 

--
Tim Hall, timjh (at) csi.com
* http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/timjh

"Divide by cucumber error: Please reinstall universe and reboot"


TimHall
Tim Hall

Wed

Apr 14
1999

17:25Z

Ack! Spam!

On 13 Apr 1999 13:42:25 (-0600), you wrote:

>Yup, they got me too - although the address that it came from is
>different.

Do you have POSTPERMIT=CLOSED?

--
Tim Hall, timjh (at) csi.com
* http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/timjh

"Divide by cucumber error: Please reinstall universe and reboot"


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