** Sometime around 10:02 +0007 3/24/97, John Buckman said:
>It seems to me that it would make sense for list managers to band
>together and develop techniques for fighting mailing list attacks.
::snip::
>To this end, I propose creating a mailing list for discussing
>"mailing list abuse" and coming up with ways to prevent it. If
>there is interest in this topic from other list admins, I'd be glad
>to host the list. This would be a vendor-neutral forum, where anyone
>using any list server software would be welcome.
::snip::
I think this is a *great* idea. I do not know of any other forum that
deals specifically with attempted list abuse/mass subscribes/etc. With
abuse on the rise, it sure seems like focusing our efforts would be a
good place to start ...
- Vince S.
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