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Sender: "Team Ada: Ada Advocacy Issues (83 & 95)" <[log in to unmask]>
X-To: Michael Feldman <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:24:25 -0800
Reply-To: "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." <[log in to unmask]>
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To: Prof. Mike Feldman et al.
From: Bob Leif, Ph.D.

This time I totally agree with you.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Team Ada: Ada Advocacy Issues (83 & 95)
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Michael Feldman
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 8:13 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Spam: was Re: Find Out What The Future Holds For You?
>
>
> >
> > Probably the easiest way to deal with most spam like this is to change
> > the list parameters so that only members of the list can send to the
> > list.
> >
> In my opinion, the best way to deal with spam is IGNORE IT! I don;t
> mean to SHOUT, but this ONE spam message has generated a whole days's
> worth of extra stuff.
>
> We went around this loop a while ago. The consensus was that Team-Ada
> should be open to all comers, because it's an advocacy list and
> we don;t want to be hard to reach.
>
> If we force people to subscribe, we're closing ourselves off.
> I really do think we can grow up and deal with the occasional
> spam by
>
> 1. using the delete key
> 2. getting on with our lives without satisfying the urge to respond
>
> Let's leave it to the Team-Ada list owner to work with ACM to track
> down spammers.
>
> Mike Feldman
>

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