Moderator Policy regarding SPAM auto-responders

[Kelly Martin <kel () securityfocus com>]

After returning from vacation, I have noticed several  new subscribers 
here who are using 3rd party "spam proxies", whereby one must click on a 
URL to verify that he is, in fact, a human being and not a piece of 
spam. Auto-responders such as these will respond to every single person 
who posts to the list.

Obviously, this is not acceptable for a busy list with nearly 13,000 
subscribers.

I have emailed the parties involved. However, I would like to state for 
the record my policy on such abuses: in the future anyone who uses these 
"spam features" that auto-respond to the generous people who contribute 
to this list will be immediately removed from our listserv without 
warning. We all get enough spam as it is, and one should not be 
penalized for contributing his experience to the success of this list.

Regards,

Kelly Martin
moderator