Christ, what does this have to do with Amanda - take it offline.

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Sam Nicolary

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Martinez, Michael - CSREES/ISTM wrote:

> > Our respective tolerance levels are irrelevant to the issue at hand.
> > Spam filtering is the responsibility of the recipient, not an
> > intermediary like the Amanda listserv.  
> 
> I really disagree with that. In the arena of "spam filtering" it's better to
> have as many bottlenecks as possible. By allowing a list server to open to
> relaying spam, it's like allowing an email server to be open to relaying,
> which is generally recognized these days as a bad way to configure your mail
> server.
> 
> 
> > If the amount of spam on this
> > list is too much for you then select a spam filter which fits 
> > your needs
> > and install it.
> 
> Listen. The reason I'm bringing this issue up, is because I've got several
> lists I'm subscribed to, and most of them have very little or no spam. Plus
> the spam on this list seems to be increasing dramatically.
> 
> Open lists do invite spam, but 
> > as I said
> > above if that bothers you it's your responsibility to filter it.
> 
> I think there should be a concerted effort on the part of the list
> administrators as well
> 
> MikeM. 
>