At the last go-around of this topic (how to reduce the spam problem) I proposed appending CPUNK to messages. Appending a tag has much better properties than prepending. It doesn't break sorting by subject line, it is automatically in the correct position in replies, and is generally less intrusive. All tags are ugly, but some are worse than others. I still occasionally add CPUNK to my subject lines (as I did in this message) Have we finally beaten Mr. Assymetric into silence? Peter Trei

---------- From: Harmon Seaver[SMTP:hseaver@harmon.arrowhead.lib.mn.us] Reply To: Harmon Seaver Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 11:29 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: -C-P- Re: would it be so much to ask..

"William H. Geiger III" wrote:

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Subscibe to a list that filters out the CDR: from the subject as Jim has made it clear that he is going to continue adding this to the subject line. On the openpgp.net list the subject is:

The problem with that, or at least openpgp.net, is that the software also strips the header, so that you have no way to filter the toad.com crap, and thus, the spam.