[Fwd: BOUNCE chat at baylisa.org: Not addressed to list; likely spam taboo body match "/<html>/i" at line 160 taboo body match "//" at line 249]

Thu Jun 24 17:12:43 PDT 2004

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On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 07:15:57AM -0700, David Wolfskill wrote:
> The main reasons HTML messages are required to be manually
> vetted before being sent are:
>
> * It's a cheap way to check for certain types of spam, worms,
> and viruses.
>
> * Some subscribers have their MTAs configured to reject HTML
> messages, so the list owner gets to deal with the bounces if
> HTML messages go out on the list(s) in question.

Then do not rely on a human to process it. Set a policy to bounce
the message or filter the message through something like demime,
and the troll will have one less leg to stand on.

-Vince