jamie@comet.net (jamie dyer) writes:
Perhaps an X-header that changes weekly, monthly, whatever. Is there a way to configure the list software to reject a message that doesn't have the X-header? This won't stop all spam, but it'd put a damper on a bunch of it. A lot of spammers don't even know what an X-header is (though a lot do), much less how to put one in a message.
Dr. Grubor has suggested that homosexuals be required to identify themselves in their e-mail headers. Certainly, cocksucker John Gilmore is free to set up his private mailing list so that only submissions with "X-Homosexual: YES" or "X-Sexual-Preferences: GAY" get distributed. Problem is, if we get the repeat of the recent mail loop attack, when the ASALA/Earthweb terrorist Ray "Arsenic" Arachelian was re-submiting to the mailing list the articles that were already distributed with most of the headers intact, the "X-Gay: YES" header would also be intact on Arachelian's spam. Ray is truly despicable. You can complain about Ray's forgery, spam, libel, and other net-abuse to his bosses at Earthweb, LLC: Jack Hidary <jack@earthweb.com>, Murray Hidary <murray@earthweb.com>, and Nova Spivack <nova@earthweb.com>. I'm also amused by Jamie's suggestion that most people don't know what an X-header is. It reminds me how I made a typo in the word 'group' and some asshole "cypher punk" went into a long rant about how he knows how to use the grep utility under Unix, and I allegedly don't even know what grep is. First, the punks should consider themselves lucky that the owners of the equipment they play with pay them salaries for messing around with software so user-unfriendly that some arrogant punk needs to be paid to administer it (and the punk is sometimes a convicted felon, like Randall Schwartz). Second, I happen to know what grep is (I teach Unix courses occasionally), and I don't consider this a sign of great intelligence. By the way, 'grep' stands for 'g[globa]/r[egular ]e[xpression]/p[rint]. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps