From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,bfa00be8f7a5ae46 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newspeer2.se.telia.net!se.telia.net!masternews.telia.net.!newsb.telia.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_Persson?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060614) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: spam countermeasures (was: Compare these two (sub)type declarations) References: <1152006378.935306.287820@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> <1152008738.616133.149850@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> <1152043270.449772.302270@j8g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <1152043270.449772.302270@j8g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 21:13:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.250.106.238 X-Complaints-To: abuse@telia.com X-Trace: newsb.telia.net 1152047625 83.250.106.238 (Tue, 04 Jul 2006 23:13:45 CEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 23:13:45 CEST Organization: Telia Internet Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5495 Date: 2006-07-04T21:13:45+00:00 List-Id: Lance wrote: > My name is Jerry B a u c k. I use the lanceboyle address for mailing > lists for spam control reasons (lance boil is a joke in English) and to > keep from polluting my "real namespace" on the internet. Then I'd recommend that you write "Jerry " in the "From:" field. You don't need to use a false name. Only the email address needs to be false to avoid spam. > I always sign > as Jerry but surprisingly (to me), people usually reply to "Lance." That doesn't surprise me at all. You have in effect introduced yourself as "Lance". -- Bj�rn Persson PGP key A88682FD omb jor ers @sv ge. r o.b n.p son eri nu