From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 17:02:20 +0800
To: ichudov@algebra.com
Subject: Re: Bcc's & cpunks@algebra.com forwards
In-Reply-To: <199705232305.SAA08354@manifold.algebra.com>
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Igor Chudov <ichudov@algebra.com> writes:
> Adam Back wrote:
> > Igor Chudov <ichudov@algebra.com> writes:
> > >
> > > plz do not use bcc
> > 
> > Why not?  It is quite convenient for coping with the non-cross posting
> > policy of other groups.
> > 
> > Also what is it with the <cpunks@manifold.algebra.com> forwards, why
> > are these coming to the list forwarded from that address?  Are they
> > things which failed your procmail filter manually forwarded
> > afterwards?
>
> the answer is that it happens because of my spam filter for cypherpunks.
> 
> you would not believe how much spam it catches... and bogus mailing
> lists that cypherpunks were sub-scri-bed to...
> 
> the theory behind it is that if something was not sent to cypherpunks
> explicitly, it most likely does not belong there.
> 
> naturally, I DO forward all stuff that belongs there to the list.

I see.

Any chance you could fix the forwards up so they look like normal
posts?  Maybe stuff them into a file which procmail picks up without
doing the spam check?

I'm not sure why someone would want to do a Bcc
cypherpunks@algebra.com and Cc coderpunks@toad.com because (if I have
this right) it'll be cypherpunks which sees the Cc coderpunks, and
people on cypherpunks will auto-repy to coderpunks, which is the
opposite of what people on coderpunks want.  What people should do is
Bcc coderpunks (or cryptography) for this purpose.

Adam
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