hi andrew,
i'm already doing this for many weeks...(restricted
membership).
now,that i'm sure that all these "people" have names
with letters in random order,i'll deny their
membership when i see their request for approval...
i've already done that in a new "random letters"
username,some days ago.
bakis.


--- andrew dalio < bunnyman@... > wrote:

> Dear gang,
>
> I just saw this on the Serge list; maybe it'll work
> here...
>
> -andrew bunny
>
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> From:� "sebsi23" <mbw@c...>
> Date:� Fri�Sep�13,�2002� 4:55 pm
> Subject:� A message from your Moderator (good and
> bad)
>
>
> ADVERTISEMENT
> Dear Sergemaniacs:
>
> Good new and bad news in the world of SMOG.
>
> First, the good news: the 2002 Serge Musicians Tape
> CD has
> been
> compiled, mastered, and is currently undergoing
> critical review.
> 10
> tracks of Serge. After approval the master will be
> certified and we
> will then work on the transferal of the original
> 1982 cassette tape
> to
> digital media. Of course, this project has taken
> longer than
> anticipated (all my fault), but should be worth the
> wait.
>
> Next, the bad news: spammers have been joining this
> list at an
> alarming rate (one per day for a week; two today!)
> As your
> moderator,
> I receive a message when a new "member" joins the
> list. They
> are
> betrayed by their addy, which is always a yahoo!
> account and
> their
> name is always something abstractly nonsensical,
> like the latest
> cretin: dvfuxnkvzhhz@y... When these "people" join,
> I have to
> physically remove then, then ban them. As this takes
> too much
> time, I
> have changed the membership process, whereby new
> members must first
> ask to be on the list. Obviously this doens't affect
> any of you at
> this time, but it might should you unsub and rejoin.
>
>
> Its nice to have a simply "everyone's welcome" list,
> but this has
> gone
> to far.
>
>
>

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synthfreak(parallel worlds)
athens-greece
1 group owner-moderator

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