I didn't get the obscene post.  Only reason I can think of is that when I
get spam I block the sender so they can no longer send me messages.  Try it,
may solve your problem

----- Original Message -----
From: HERMANN DE BOER <hdeboer@BSSD.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: Why the Delete Key is not enough!! PLEASE READ

> Hear,Hear!
> I could probably get fired over some of the spam that has been coming
> through lately. Therefore, PLEASE put a filter on the mail. I also
subscribe
> to a second list (Appalachian Trail Thru-hiker Forum) and there is zero
> tolerance for spam or obscenity. I am no computer expert, but  it can be
> done.
> I don't want to lose my job, and I don't want to quit the list.
>
> Cheers,
> Hermann de Boer
> KC,MO
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Golen
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: 4/18/01 12:02 PM
> Subject: Why the Delete Key is not enough!! PLEASE READ
>
> Hi Listees,
>
>
> During the past few weeks the Vanagon list has been the recipient of
> tons of Spam. This morning I received an email which contained hard core
> pornographic images. I'm getting sick and tired of receiving this sort
> of crap from the list. Many of you have responded by saying: "if you
> don't like the spam, don't read it, delete it". In reality I do not find
> deleting an option for two reasons:
>
>
> 1. I find some of the subject lines offensive. Look I'm not a prude, and
> I can spout off "off-color" humor and remarks with the best of them.
> However I don't want this crap on a list I'm subscribed to. To me,spam
> is the equivalent of someone coming into my yard and urinating or
> defecating on my front lawn. I can turn a blind eye on it, but the fact
> is that someone has trespassed into my space.
>
>
>
> 2. This is the main point. Many of us are subscribed to this list
> through servers at our places of employment, schools we attend, etc. The
> fact of the matter is that there is no privacy in employer or
> educational institution email. An employer, university, etc., has access
> to the email regardless of when you down load it, whether you read it or
> not, or whether you delete it or not. In fact, depending on the archival
> system, a copy of that email may end up on archive which is accessable.
>
>
>
> Quite frankly I don't appreciate smut showing up on my employer's email
> system...PERIOD! Nor do I want to change may email address to an ISP (
> I've had for more than 15 years) just because this list (which of the 6
> or 7 I'm on is the only one which does not filter outside spam) doesn't
> filter spam.
>
>
>
>
>  Thank you for reading this and considering these issues.
>
>
>
> Ric
>