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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Forwarding for a subscriber who was having problems with the listserv today:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> I'm fairly new to this list, just a few months, and lately have been ignoring emails from this list because of the high percentage of spam involved -- as we've seen again today. I'm wondering if there's an easy techno-fix to the problem. One possibility would be to ban all messages which have anything other than text or links in them. That is, ban anything with graphics. That would have eliminated some of the worst recent stuff yet would still allow postings along the line of "Hey -- neat conference coming up, click here for details" messages. Another possibility would be to ban messages over a certain length -- again trying to bias the content to the core message while providing links to folks who want more information. Either or both of these, if they could be implemented, would greatly increase the overall value the list without unduly burdening folks with real messages of interest to the readers.<br><br>= M =</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Michael Van Waas User Driven Applications <br>64274 Keith Court Bend, Oregon 97701 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>