Subj : Spam
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Bj”rn Felten
Date : Thu Jun 09 2011 05:04 pm

 ml>> What?????

 SD> There's been a lot of spam across Fidonet lately; I think someone is
 SD> allowing unrestricted access via a website or something...

   Allowing unrestricted access via a website is one thing. Allowing it to 
enter the global FTN backbone is another. This is the route that the crap took:

   PATH2D: 5030/1492 1256 261/38 123/500 203/0 2

   261/38, that's Janis, no? Why does the Russian node 5030/1256 (operated by 
Yuri Baranov of St. Petersburg) connect directly to her system? Obviously with 
unrestricted access?

   Yes, true, internet has given us all an almost unlimited freedom in fidonet, 
but maybe we all should be a *little* bit more restrictive? Once upon a time 
the FTN connected systems were obliged to make sure that their downlinks had 
proper restrictions, so that nobody could write in an echo without proving they 
knew what postings were allowed in each and every echo.

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