> We too are deeply offended by the pornographic and commercial spam
>that is being directed at our biosci newsgroups. We have been advised
>that it is almost impossible to accurately trace down the culprits,
>and that sending addresses are easy to forge. We are pursuing two
>antidotes: first, we are rapidly changing as many of our newsgroups as
>we can from unmoderated to moderated groups, dependent only on finding
>volunteer moderators; and second, we are devloping anti-spam software
>to automatically filter out offending mail messages before they can be
>posted. We expect both of these measures, which can work in
>combination, to start to take effect within several weeks. In the
>meantime, I hope you will bear with us.
>>Sincerely,
>>Serge Taylor
>Biosci Project Manager, Stanford University
