Erich
I can do that but I would prefer not to so that all who wish to post germane
information can do so. Everyone can already read the archives on
contesting.com. And most [all?] of the lists on contesting.com are open to
all posters.
If the spam gets out of hand, I will be forced to configure the list only to
subscribers.
73 Gene W3ZZ
List Administrator
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erich Oetting KI0SK" <ki0sk@arrl.net>
To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:30 AM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Spam on the list
>
> On Nov 18, 2003, at 11:52 AM, Eugene Zimmerman W3ZZ wrote:
>
> > As the list administrator I thought I might get rich. I rushed to the
> > PayPal
> > site to rapidly withdraw all the cash in the account. Surprise -
> > there was
> > none. No account. No money. :-(
> >
> > This is some error from PayPal. The reflector uses a Beysian logic
> > filter
> > to catch spam. It works very well but now this is the third 'spam'
> > message
> > in 3 weeks after nothing escaped it for over a year. Each of them
> > have not
> > been very spam-like so the filter did not catch them.
> >
> > Sorry about that but this is the best we can do.
>
> Can the list be configured so only subscribers can post?
>
> If it can, you will have a valid email address for any spammer that
> posts here.
>
> 73 Erich KI0SK
>
>
>
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