On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > The recent discussion about SPAM and it being a problem reminds of > something that I've been meaning to mention. Currently, mail sent to > the IETF announce mailing list has the following To: header: > > To: ;@IETF-Announce > > This is worth 1.1 points of "Spam nature" (sort of like Buddha nature, > only completely different :-), according to SpamAssassin: > > SPAM: TO_MALFORMED (1.1 points) To: has a malformed address > > It would be really nice if the To: field could be adjusted so it looked > something like this: > > To: ietf-announce@ietf.org So people know what address to use when they want to spam the whole IETF (just forge From: to be scoya@ietf.org or whatever, a couple of tries and you're in.)? Not that it seems such a big secret now either.. -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords