[BC] If you wonder why email is getting worse

[Bernie Courtney]

Wouldn't a lot of these problems be eliminated, and a better, more organized
archive created by just moving away from an email listserv to a web based
bulletin board running vbulletin or the like?

bern

On 12/6/06, Barry Mishkind <barry at oldradio.com> wrote:
>
> I can guarantee you this is true.
>
> In addition to the normal rise noted in the
> article, someone on the list (here or BC) managed
> to be attacked by a virus.  Aside from the normal
> 10-12 spams a day to each list that gets past the
> first set of filters, there are now 4-8 emails WITH virus or trojans
> attached.
>
> That is one reason why, especially now, we try
> not to let any graphics, html, or non-text
> through the list.  Plain text is our goal.  To
> the extent you set your mailer for Plain Text, you are helping the
> situation.
>
> Of course, is MUST come to a point where the
> sheer volume of spam leads the airheads who "run"
> the Internet to finally agree that most anonymous
> email must stop.  If someone comes up with a
> better solution, they will be very rich!
>
>