On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 02:37:43AM -0800, jw schultz wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 10:08:19PM +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > Greetings list admins
> >
> > I'd just like to add that as almost all the SPAM I receive is HTML, a very
> > effective way to get rid of a very large fraction of spam would be to refuse
> > all HTML posts. I've not seen any genuine posts to this list which have been
> > web pages.
>
> I can almost second that. That seems to hold true for the
> last couple of months. Perhaps html is already blocked.
> I do know that some valid mail may come in with
> Content-Type: Multipart/Alternative where one is text/plain.
> Although i don't like the waste of bandwidth i could see
> accepting that. It is the stuff that is only html that
> should definitely be bounced.
>
> The other clear indicator that comes up more often here
> seems to be non-english messages. Care has to be taken not
> to block just because of a few words but if the message is
> mostly non-english or is in a charset incompatible with
> english it should be bounced.
You can add allcaps to the list. Even the RFC rules against
SHOUTING AT THE TOP OF YOUR LEADING.
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