Not really much of a problem, at least for me.  They are the same messages
you would have received anyway, only filtered and checked for safety by Tom.
These are messages from addresses not recognized by Gerry, as I understand
it, which would mean new folks and travelers, for the most part.

Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Davidson" <wdavidson@thegrid.net>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: FW: TiiCo engine/Audi Engine

> > It is due to an influx of spam that was being posted to the list. Tom
> > Carrington, not wanting to tighten the posting rules, decided to take on
> the
> > responsibility of intercepting all messages from unrecognized accounts
and
> > forward only those that did not contain spam to the list.
> >
> > You must have been offline and missed the brouhaha over how to deal with
> the> problem.
>
> No, I was not off line... I did read the discussion....
> But the discussion never warned us we would be getting this block of
> messages every day from Tom...
> Seems like, as with many things, the solution to one problem has created
> another problem !
> Bill
> >
> > Garrett Adams
> > 83.5 Adventurewagen GL
> > Stockton, California
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> > Of Bill Davidson
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 9:35 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: FW: TiiCo engine/Audi Engine
> >
> >
> > > Please reply to Dave, not me!
> >
> > Why do we keep getting a batch of these messages every day???
> >
> > There was a time when this didn't happen.
> >
> > Bill
> >
>