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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] spam avoidance
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 23 Feb 2003 13:50:16 EST."
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From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 13:54:44 -0500
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> > I'm not on the list.  I do all mailing lists via local repeaters.
>
> Similarly, I do many via local aliases,
> but then my mail set up is rather Byzantine.
> I'm also not wild about having to send mail
> with a working envelope address as 9fans is
> a growing source of spam off the list.

Scott, is it possible to have password authentication?  Ie, when you
sign up for the list, you get a password; as long as that password is
in the envelope somewhere, the from address is ignored.  It's not
particularly secure, but would suffice to cut out most of the spam.

	- Dan C.