Re: News Servers
1998-05-14 09:37:11
Jerry,
I agree with you whole heartedly. I also use corporate email, and
good be dismissed very easily for getting junk email.
My hat is also off to Martha, I think she does a wonderful job.
Rick Smith
Maritz, Inc.
Storage & Security Administration
smithrr AT maritz DOT com
(314) 827-1584
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> From: Jerry Lawson[SMTP:jlawson AT THEHARTFORD DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 1998 6:44 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: News Servers
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> From: owner-adsm-l AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU at SMTP
> Date: 5/13/98 3:13PM
> To: Jerry Lawson at ASUPO
> *To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU at SMTP
> Subject: News Servers
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> List members......
>
> I am somewhat reluctant to bring this up, but since it does potentially
> effect me, I'll speak up, even though I may be in the minority.....
>
> I would like to suggest that if possible, we not allow our list to be
> associated with a news server. The reason I am proposing this is that
> there
> are many individuals out there that use the news servers as sources for
> their
> "spam" lists. They simply look for the addresses of the person who posts
> a
> message to the news server, and adds them to the list. The next thing you
> know, you are receiving unwanted mail. Since I use my corporate email to
> access the ADSM-L List, I don't particularly want it to start being
> swamped
> with mail with a header of "Live Nudes" or some such junk associated with
> mail coming through here.
>
> Don't get me wrong - I am far from a prude - but it has happened to me
> already with a posting that I made to the MVS IBM-MAIN list server, which
> is
> sent to a news server.
>
> Does anyone else feel the same way?
>
> While I have the soapbox, I also want to say publicly that I appreciate
> the
> work Martha puts into this list - she does a great job with little
> fanfare,
> and has always been most helpful. Thanks for a great job!
>
> Jerry Lawson
> jlawson AT thehartford DOT com
>
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> Subject: News Servers
> Author: owner-adsm-l AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU at SMTP
> Date: 5/13/98 3:13 PM
>
>
> From your beleagured list owner....
>
> I came in this morning, after a much needed day off yesterday, to find
> over
> 50 e-mail complaints in my mailbox. These complaints were from users
> of various news groups who had received a rejection note from ADSM-L after
> posting to a group. It appears that the culprit was a news server
> at UIUC, which was subscribed to this list and was forwarding all postings
> to
> us. I don't know if this was an accident or the result of mischief.
> However,
> if anyone on this list is responsible for this server, I would like an
> explanation of what happened.
>
> While the situation did not cause any problems to the list itself, it did
> present a hardship for me. Therefore, if you intend to gateway this list
> into a news server, please let me know FIRST. That way, I'll know who
> to contact if there is a problem. Otherwise, my only option is to
> immediately
> remove the problem address from the list.
>
> Martha McConaghy - ADSM-L list owner
>
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