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In article <50kpsh$rm@hal.loran.com>,
Matthew Darwin <darwin@hal.loran.com> wrote:
>In ott.config Sharky <sharky@icom.ca> wrote:
>> I propose that the above newsgroup be formed.
>Since it is for Carleton University, why not carleton.public.general. 
>The carleton.public.* hierarchy would be distributed, while the rest
>carleton.* would not. 

  I agree with this.  Carleton.* is not distributed because of the amount 
of SPAM that seems to result.  Having a small number of groups that are 
shared with the public might solve both problems.   We dont want to have 
ott.* end up too large.



  We need to look into some better solutions to the SPAM problem than not
distributing groups.  We now have people using FORGED SPAM as a way to 
attack another Net.person (A recent get-rich quick posting to a number of 
flora.* groups ended up being a personal attack against the person with 
the Email address in the From:  line).

  If various governments (One in particular) would get off it's dark-ages 
understanding of cryptography and allow for public key signatures of 
messages, we might be able to get some of these problems solved.

  I'd love to send this:

"Sorry, but I have put your Public key in my killfile.  My computer will 
no longer accept any information in any form that originates from you."

  With of course the stipulation that a single person cannot just keep 
applying for new keys every day.


*sigh*
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