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 Subject: spam & crosspost filtering
    Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 18:58:26
    From: Tim Pierce 

Spam filtering has just been enabled on all RootsWeb lists.  From this point on,
hopefully we all will experience a marked decrease in spam sent to our lists.

 WHAT'S BEING FILTERED?
------------------------

What does the list server consider spam?  Here's a general summary of what it
looks for:

 * Any message sent to more than 10 RootsWeb lists.  Heavy crossposting like
this is at least as bad a problem for our servers as spam is.

 * Messages from the faked mail host `relay.comanche.denmark.eu'.  This is a
hallmark of that insidious Bulls Eye Gold spam.

 * Senders with all-numeric e-mail addresses, like [email protected].

 * Senders with AOL screen names that have fewer than 3 characters or more than
10; screen names that start with a number; screen names that include
punctuation.  According to the AOL postmaster, any AOL address that looks like
this is faked.

 * Any message from USA.NET that contains embedded punctuation, like
`[email protected]'.

 * A message with any of these return addresses:

    agiftforu@...
    bigweeklypay@...
    born2win@...
    bulk@...
    bulk.barn@...
    beseen@advertise
    callnow@...
    carpediem@...
    cut.bill.payments
    cybermarket@...
    delightful[0-9].*@...
    donthitreply@...
    easymoney@...
    emailersoftware@...
    free_online_biz@...
    freebook@....
    .*FRIEND@...
    getyourdegree@...
    goforthegold@...
    .*groupcall.*@...
    .*groupscall.*@...
    IMPORTANT.*@...
    invstr[0-9].*@...
    lifewatch[0-9].*@...
    make@money
    makingmoney@...
    mktmaster[0-9].*@...
    opportunity@...
    NOFLAME@...
    paparazzi@...
    pornhaven@...
    promo[0-9].*@...
    .*remove@...
    reply.by.phone@...
    save.10%.on.gas@...
    seemailforreply@...
    [email protected]
    .*themoney.*@...
    thesluth@...
    wisefolk@...
    younggirl.*@...

Bringing you a less spamful net --

Regards,
Tim Pierce
RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative
system obfuscator and hack-of-all-trades

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