Who we are   Organizations   Get Involved!   Helpdesk   Weblog   About FLORA   Server project   F.A.Q.

Election 2006 (and beyond): Digital Copyright Canada

Re: CANNING SPAM WITHOUT EATING UP REAL MAIL

From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk_-at-_chinet.com>
To: flora-admin-help_-at-_flora.ottawa.on.ca
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 11:38:56 -0500 (CDT)

On 07/18/02, at 12:08pm -0400, Russell McOrmond <russell@flora.ca> wrote:
>On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

>>Please block HTML alternate-part attachments.

>  This can't be done site-wide.  I would personally love to be able to do
>so, but it is simply not going to happen (people would be dropping the use
>of the mailbox server quickly if this was enabled, and many of the
>mailbox.flora.ca boxes are paying customers ;-).

I was only kidding. Well, no, not really. I was thinking of suggesting
filtering out top posters, overquoters, and those trite sayings repeated over
and over and over and over again in every .sig.

>  The plan is to create a new mailbox server with more tools available,
>and allow people to switch by choice to the new server.

Will this apply to Majordomo lists, too?

I'll ask around and see what people suggest, assuming you don't want each of us
mailing you procmail recipies for you to install locally.

Please read the FLORA.org Terms and Conditions before you submit information to FLORA.org
Join the Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign (USA) (Canada)	FLORA Community Web (FLORA.ORG) is sponsored by FLORA Community Consulting (FLORA.CA).