SCN: Anti-spam measures

[J. Johnson]

Just to let everyone know:  we had a problem with the software that blocks
known spam sites.  This has been corrected, and we are rapidly extending
the list of blocked sites.  Hopefully this will eliminate _some_ spam.

And hopefully we won't block any legitimate sites.  If any you, or any of
your correspondents, find that mail directed to SCN is being rejected (the
returned message from MAIL-DAEMON will have a line that says "550
Rejected"), please notify the Help Desk (help at scn.org).

No single tool can stop spam; Ops is looking at some other possibilities.
This takes time, and technically competent volunteer time is _extremely_
scarce.  If *you* can help, please consider volunteering.

It seems that half to perhaps even three-quarters of the e-mail traffic on
the Internet is spam.  And it appears that technical measures alone cannot
change that; legal and political measures are required.  This could even
be renumerative.  Raise your hand if you really want to strike a blow
against spam.  Anyone?

=== JJ =============================================================


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