Klarinet Archive - Posting 000320.txt from 1995/10

From: Gary Bisaga <gary@-----.ORG>
Subj: Spams and Clarinet, heal thyself
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 10:23:31 -0400

I get the digest form of clarinet so I'm usually a day behind in
responding, but ...

Judith -- In many cases, like the one you mention, the return address
is forged. In this case, there's nothing you can do about it.
Unfortunately, it's laughably easy to forge addresses on the Internet,
so you can make a message look like it comes from whatever address you
want. Spams from forged addresses seem to be on the rise, as somebody
else mentioned. Mailing lists should probably make an effort to
exclude all but registered recipients of those lists from posting
messages. There are problems with this, too, primarily more
administrative work, but it doesn't work 100% either since anybody who
wants to put enough time into it can forge messages as coming from a
member of the list; at least the list owner's address is often
publicly available. Personally, I like the idea of having to add a
keyword: line to each message with a "password" that changes every
month.

To whoever wrote about invisible fixes -- a technique that's used in
woodworking is to recover the dust created from saw kerfs or drilling
and use that to fill up holes drilled for screws. (There are also
devices that cut "plugs" out of other wood stock; you make these plugs
then glue them in the hole; when you sand and apply a finish they're
virtually invisible.) I can't remember exactly what they use to bind
the dust together. Reminds me of those kits advertised back in the
70's on U.S. TV, just cut some threads from the inside of, say, a
jacket, apply this goop to them, and iron them over a cigarette burn
-- no more cigarette burn.