Re: [HACKERS] OK to send e-mail?

Michael Meskes <meskes@topsystem.de>

From: Michael Meskes <meskes@topsystem.de>
To: ocie@paracel.com
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org (PostgreSQL Hacker)
Date: 1998-05-06T07:08:38Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
ocie@paracel.com writes:
> Why don't we make it known (In the periodic developers FAQ posting?)
> that we do not accept unsolicited email and that we will charge a fee
> ($50 per line per subscriber :).  I for one would be more than happy
> to do the detective work to track these down.  As for what to do with
> the money -- perhaps we should see how much we get first.

This won't work. We have a similar policy with the Debian project. But we
have yet to see money. No lawyer will help you there. And the spammers won't
send money because they like the policy. :-(

I think the best way is to install anti-spamming software.

Michael

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