On Tue, Dec 02, 2003, at 17:53 -0700, Dr. MacQuigg wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions. My ISP doesn't carry the gmane > newsgroups, and I can't figure out how to make my newsreader subscribe > to more than one news server. So I'll just use the mailing list for > the few messages I need to send. http://www.gmane.org It's not a part of the USENET; it's a bidirectional mail-to-news gateway. You can use their free service to read *and* post to a variety of mailing lists using netnews. > P.S. The requirement to use a real email address in this public > mailing list is a big problem. I was recently flooded by 3000 spams > over a three day period, essentially blocking my access to email on > that address, disrupting my communication with students, etc. I > believe this address got on the "starting list" for the swen spam, > because I used it in posting to a newsgroup. After that, I set my > newsreader's return address to shuvit@127.0.0.1 It's not just this mailing-list, it's all mail traffic in general. It's okay to munge on the USENET, but that's not the case in standard email. In fact, because this list is archived in a variety of places, it has been noted that a lot of posters here were hit hard by the Swen.W32 propagation. I suggest you either filter your mail or use a different email adderss than your primary one. I, myself, use virus filters for procmail which work excellently. :) -- scott c. linnenbringer | sl@panix.com http://www.panix.com/~sl | sl@moslug.org
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