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From: David Hogan dhog@cho...
Subject: Using 9fans leads to junk email!
Date: Wed,  4 Jun 1997 05:10:56 +1000

For a while I have been receiving junk email on an
irregular basis, and I couldn't figure out why.  I
am aware that most such messages are sent to a
distribution list harvested out of someone's Usenet
spool; normally one gets most junk email soon after
posting an article.

Finally, it has clicked!  I am not posting news articles,
but the 9fans <-> comp.os.plan9 gateway is on my behalf!

Is there any chance that we could fit automatic "spam-trapping"
into the gateway?