Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu (uga.cc.uga.edu [128.192.1.5]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with SMTP id QAA15343 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 1995 16:42:37 -0400 Message-Id: <199509042042.QAA15343@locke.ccil.org> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP id 2245; Mon, 04 Sep 95 16:30:46 EDT Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9976; Mon, 4 Sep 1995 16:30:46 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 15:26:33 +0100 Reply-To: "Steven M. Belknap" Sender: Lojban list From: "Steven M. Belknap" Subject: Spams To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Mon Sep 4 16:42:39 1995 X-From-Space-Address: <@uga.cc.uga.edu:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Graeme's right about it getting worse. I unsubscribed from several other lists because there were more spams than content! One solution would be to morph into a newsgroup format where junk is filtered out, but then someone will have to serve as editor, and turnaround will slow down. Another solution would be to make the list semi-closed, where someone has to get permission first to post, but anyone can subscribe. I don't really like that either, as it might inhibit posts from prospective citizens of lojbanistan. Perhaps new posts could be set aside, and posted only after review by an editor? We probably ought to do something. I don't want to hear from any more prospective Russian brides, atomic bomb plan salesmen, or sleazy estate lawyers. -Steven Steven M. Belknap, M.D. Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Medicine University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria email: sbelknap@uic.edu Voice: 309/671-3403 Fax: 309/671-8413