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Re: All of uu.net about to be banned.



On 14 Aug 1998, Turbo Fredriksson wrote:

> Igor Grobman <igor@igoria.net> wrote:
> 
> > You have to understand that I am 
> > only blocking mail sent directly from uu.net dynamic IP addresses and stuff 
> > sent through relay*.uu.net.  Relay*.uu.net is being blocked because way too 
> > much spam is going through those servers from the same uu.net spammers that 
> > sometimes inject spam directly.  
> 
> I don't know which mailing list software we are using, but why not
> 
>   'Deny all incoming, execpt those that are subscribed'
> 
> I know that ezmlm can handle such a feast...

We deliberately don't do this.

It is useful to allow people to post to groups when they are not
subscribed.

Jules

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