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Re: I am sorry to state that the forum has become a target for scammers

From: Harry Hayfield <harryhayfield~at~googlemail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:55:25 +0100
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

That is precisely what I meant. Apolgies if it came over as the former
  -----Original Message-----
  From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il]On Behalf Of
Alex Kirstukas
  Sent: 14 August 2010 1:20 pm
  To: Jules Verne Forum
  Subject: Re: I am sorry to state that the forum has become a target for
scammers


        I completely agree with Garmt on the matter of forum availability -
however, I think what Harry meant (correct me if I'm wrong, Harry) was that
only the list of e-mail addresses (not the actual postings themselves) would
be restricted to long-term active members. If so, it doesn't sound
particularly over-the-top to me - worth considering, at least.

        Alex

        --- On Sat, 8/14/10, Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd
<garmtdevries~at~gmail.com> wrote:


          From: Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd <garmtdevries~at~gmail.com>
          Subject: Re: I am sorry to state that the forum has become a
target for scammers
          To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
          Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 2:39 AM


          William, there's a difference between sPammers (those who post
mass
          mailings to sell pharmaceuticals and whatnot) and sCammers (those
who
          fool people into paying a lot of money for something they're never
          going to get).

          That said, I have never had any problem with either spammers or
          scammers through the JV Forum. I had a look in my spam folder, but
          nothing there either... I believe there is a rather efficient spam
          filter on the server end of the forum, but you can't exclude the
          occasional spam/scam slipping through. Restricting the posting of
          messages to long-term active members goes against the whole idea
of
          free communication between Verne fans.

          Cheers,
          Garmt.

          On 14 August 2010 06:11, WILLIAM JONES <wbj514~at~sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
> This proposal seems, with all due respect, a bit over the top.
Although I
> can speak only for myself, I've never had any trouble with
spammers -- the
> U.S. term for the breed -- in my Jules Verne Forum email. I
enjoy keeping up
> with the various postings on issues of current interest in the
international
> Vernian community without feeling compelled to weigh in on any
of them.
> Imposing publish-or-perish or use-it-or-lose-it criteria would
amount to
> overkill.
>
>
>
Received on Sat 14 Aug 2010 - 16:55:33 IDT

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