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On Tue, 27 May 2008 08:28:27 +0300, Daniel Iliev wrote: |
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> 1. Trouble saving |
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> Will signatures help if a mailing list (ML) receives spam? |
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> No. The admins won't accept arguments like "Those mails weren't signed, |
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> it's not me". Signature or not the address gets its ban and that's it. |
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Is that true of every list? Do you know every list's owner or policy? |
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It's not only about spam and banning anyway. Someone could try to |
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discredit you by posting inflammatory, abusive, racist or otherwise |
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unacceptable posts in your name. If every post you send to the list is |
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signed, those unsigned messages lose credibility. By signing all |
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messages, you are effectively saying "If I didn't sign it, I didn't send |
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it". |
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Of course, this all falls apart on lame listservs like Yahoo Groups that |
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strip all attachments, including PGP signatures. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for the plays |
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of W. Shakespeare but all they got was the collected works of Francis |
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Bacon |
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