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Date: 11 Aug 2002 21:03:06 -0400

>>>>> "D" == Damien Morton <damien.morton@acm.org> writes:

    D> An alternative, which I have found very effective in reducing
    D> my spam levels, is to reject emails to multiple or undisclosed
    D> recipients, unless from someone in my whitelist (In this case,
    D> subscribed members).

I often use just such a posting to send emails to lists but also to
send them to private individuals who need not be publically exposed on
the list. This is what BCC is for.

Where my spam filter draws the line is for emails which /only/ have
undisclosed recipients, or an obviously bogus recipient.

-- 
Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym@teledyn.com> TeleDynamics Communications Inc
Business Innovations Through Open Source Systems: http://www.teledyn.com
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