Re: suspicious looking subscribe message points to 800 fax gateways

[snyderra @ post . drexel . edu (Bob Snyder)]

At 9:19 AM 3/9/95, Mathias Koerber wrote:

>Mayve the guys at tpc.int could be asked to weed out fax requests from
>mailing lists to prvent this kind of misuse. And then snd a msg to
>the list maintainer...

Except that:

a) tpc.int is a  group of people who have volunteered their systems to
deliver faxes/pages to local phone numbers, and certainly not under any
central control.

b) There are legitimate reasons to want to have faxes delivered from a
list.  I have users where I work that require this.

Intelligent fax senders should keep track of unsuccessful calls, and stop
sending to a number where you get pickups without a fax machine.

I doubt this will be a regular occurance (especially given that many areas
aren't covered by tpc.int).  If it concerns you, prevent tpc.int address
from subscribing without prior approval.

Bob

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