I think spam goes with the territory. I suggest we just ignore it.
It will probably stay at a tolerable level. If we really want to
escape, we should start a new group. This would also clear away any
dormant members, possibly a bad idea.

BJB

--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., Bill Hanrahan <hanrahan@k...> wrote:
> For clarification, "spam" and "bounced emails" are of course, two
separate
> issues. When I refer to moderating posts as a last resort, it
would be for
> the purpose of spam prevention...unrelated to "bouncing". My
response to
> Harry therefore should have been worded better. If spam messages
persist
> (and we should probably consider ourselves lucky that we've only
had two or
> so), I would not unilaterally go to moderated message status
without taking
> a poll of BP members.
>
> Bill
>
> At 08:11 PM 7/10/01, you wrote:
> >Thank you Harry...that's just the kind of feedback I was looking
> >for. Please keep me advised if you continue to have bounced
emails. A
> >possible alternative (one that I for one would be very reluctant
to do) is
> >to moderate the posts. I think we should only consider that as a
last
> >resort. I'll try to post some information on the "whys and
wherefores"
> >about bouncing.
> >
> >Bill