In message <9303260732.AA23550@soda.berkeley.edu> you write:

Were such a utility posted to alt.sources, and if all a user had to do was ftp it from an archive, unpack it, and run it once, we would be in a much better position politically, (even if the utility received very little use).

It is difficult to install mail filters. Our argument for user filtering would be much stronger if installation were simple.

A similar argument holds for anonymous posting filters in a global KILL file.

two points: 1. An even more convienient way to distribute this filter would be by having it available from the anonymizing server itself. Mail to filter-request@anon.foonet.bar to get a copy. This is better for sites that do not have ftp available. 1.5 A variant on this approach would be for the server itself to do the blocking of mail. Mail to block-my-mail@anon.foonet.bar. Would prevent that server from sending anonymous mail to you. (the server would, of course, send a receipt for the transaction to the user who's mail is blocked...just in case of request forgery.) 2. This would be a political win, but it would really be just a step in the right direction since many people don't read their mail from UNIX boxes.... PCs, Macs, Fidonet boards, VMS, etc. Stig