>> As each individual news article is piped through a relatively small >> number of servers in the "core" of the distribution system, it becomes >> relatively easy to blacklist known offenders. That is, if they are >> recognizable as such. > >No way. My proposal does not depend on authentication of what is incoming to the "pull" servers, because by definition it enables the enforcers to filter *BE (all bulk email) which (by the proposal) is defined to be all spam. This is a non-issue relative to my proposal. If you are really paranoid, use https web page to take incoming from authenticated users. Shelby Moore http://AntiViotic.com