David Ross wrote:
Why do we even need a newsgroup gateway?
Answer 1: To connect the news group and the mailing list.
Answer 2: Because tastes differ. Some prefer the news group, others like to use a mailing list. IMHO there's just no sense and no
> Can there be
a authentication device of some kind to block this
disgusting email containing porn links? I am sort of
As long as email addresses are published as part of the posting authentication won't help. (Correct me if I'm wrong)
How about a spam filter? As for the news group they seem to work. I haven't seen spam in the news goup for quite a while.
curious as well about one of the emails, maybe a bit
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It would be nice to
get a authtication access software to get rid of any
writable external newsgroup access. I think newsgroups
should be read only. --David Ross
Read-only news goups wouldn't change a bit. The messages posted to the mailing list and/or the news group are archived anyway. And that's where anybody might collect email addresses.
You'll find it either at
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/ruby/
or at google
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.ruby
Anyway, even if the news group were read-only, your email address would still be made public and subject to potential spam.
As far as I am concerned in this case, I prefer the openness of news groups (and Wikis) to many of the protection mechnisms one might set up.
Happy rubying
Stephan
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Stephan Kämper/IT-Beratung http://www.stephankaemper.de
Quality Assurance / Software Test / Data Analysis