MODERATOR REMINDER: Header-munging policy

[Mark Eckenwiler]

This is a reminder about the misc.legal.moderated policy on
submissions containing munged headers such as
From: bi...@willy.NOSPAMloman.org

1. Posters are free to munge headers (leaving aside forgeries in the
name of an actual third party). Spammers harvest mail addresses from
Usenet, unfortunately, and munging headers is one way to escape their
clutches. Acceptable on-charter submissions will be posted
notwithstanding header munging or anonymizing.

2. If an article fails to meet m.l.m posting criteria, it will be
rejected as usual and it is likely that the poster will not
receive the rejection notice if the 'From:' address has been munged.
This applies even where the true address of the author may be evident
but might require decoding or extraction (for example:
janedo...@some-isp.net or d*o*g*b*e*r*t@a*o*l*.*c*o*m) or where the true
address is listed elsewhere (e.g., in the .sig block). Posters using munged
addresses are strongly encouraged to email the moderator (at
mlm-r...@rev.net) with their real email addresses so that they can be
contacted in the event of a problem.

3. If you are posting something to which you are expecting a response from one
of the moderators, please have the common sense and courtesy _not_ to use a
munged address. Such inquiries can be emailed to mlm-r...@rev.net.

This policy seeks to strike a balance between posters' legitimate
interest in avoiding spam and the moderators' interest in being able
to moderate the newsgroup efficiently. Comments welcome, as always.

Bernie Cosell
Mark Eckenwiler

Co-Moderators