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Re: Restricting the list

Ned Freed <NED@innosoft.com> Tue, 06 February 1996 18:42 UTC

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From: Ned Freed <NED@innosoft.com>
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> I don't know that there is a need to go that far to restrict the posts.
> Remember a while back in 1995 when someone pulled a similar "prank" by
> *spamming* email lists with a plea from a gal named "Olga"???  On the
> firewalls lists there was software put out that filtered out "Olga"
> and similar references and all was well after a few weeks.  I don't
> see why a similar *effort* could not commence for "Katrina" :-)

Because tomorrow the name will be "Julie". And the day after that it will be
"Ben"... Or maybe "Ned"...

Sorry. I know I covered this in my last posting, but the sexist connotations
here were such that I couldn't resist!

				Ned

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