Re: Misc: Filtering out the junk

alex bell (ehjb@musica.mcgill.ca)
Wed, 26 May 1999 09:20:30 -0400

SOME OF US WORK ON viruses!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: John Cottrell <jcottrell@dial.pipex.com>
To: Recipients of ABRF List <abrf@aecom.yu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 2:35 PM
Subject: Misc: Filtering out the junk

> There are three types of message which appear on this list from time to
> time and cause a certain amount of grumbling: spam, virus warnings, and
> large attachments.
>
> Would it be an idea to configure the list manager software so as to
> divert such messages to the list owner for approval before forwarding
> them on to subscribers? Some obvious criteria would be (i) any message
> larger than 50 kb (ii) any message containing the word virus (iii) any
> message containing phrases like "earn big money" or "$$$".
>
> --
> John Cottrell
> Matrix Science Ltd.
> 310 Edgware Road
> London W2 1DY, UK
> Tel: +44 171 723 2142
> Fax: +44 171 725 9360
> jcottrell@dial.pipex.com
> http://www.matrixscience.com
>
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