From: Toto <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 00:40:17 -0800 (PST)
To: Bovine Remailer <haystack@cow.net>
Subject: Re: Hardening lists against spam attacks
In-Reply-To: <9701020637.AA04024@cow.net>
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Bovine Remailer wrote:
> 
>         So, we had a spike of spam attack around Christmas,
> primarily using the mechanism of subscribing the cypherpunks
> list to other mailing lists. Now, everybody is off designing
> methods to limit postings to the list.
> 
>         You know what this reminds me of? The enthusiasm displayed
> by the the current US government administration to get bills passed
> that would curtail even more rights of its citizens in the wake of
> the TWA flight 800 crash.

  Perhaps the solution is to put in a system of mettle detectors.
 
>         Cypherpunks, you have met the enemy and it is you.