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strange and unreadable messages



Hi everybody,

Strange messages are getting mailed to this server.... like this one :


"Date:    Mon, 4 Feb 2002 15:28:33 +0800
From:    #DONNY TAGORA SUHARTONO# <G200536@NTU.EDU.SG>
Subject: I am sorry

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May anyone tell me what this is about ?

Seriously, I have the impression that more and more either strange or
uncomplete or strangely formatted mails get sent to this list. Like
this one :



"Date:    Mon, 4 Feb 2002 10:33:28 +0000
From:    "Brian C. J. Moore" <bcjm@CUS.CAM.AC.UK>
Subject: <No subject given>

<html>
Dear Colleagues,<br><br>
I give below details of a position in my department.<br><br>
<br>
<div align=3D"center"><font size=3D6><b>UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE<br><br>
</font><font size=3D5>University Lecturer in the<br>
Department of Experimental Psychology<br><br>
<br>
</b></font></div>
Applications are invited for a University Lecturer in the Department of
Experimental Psychology to take up appointment from 1 October 2002.&nbsp;
The appointment will be made in the general area of human
perception.<br><br>
The pensionable scale of stipends is =A322,522, rising by 11 annual
increments to =A334,734.&nbsp; The appointment will be for five years in
the first instance, with the possibility of reappointment to the retiring
age.<br><br>
Further information about the post and an application form may be
obtained from the Departmental website
(<a href=3D"http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/pages/posts.html"=
 eudora=3D"autourl"><font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/pages/p=
osts.html</a></u></font>)
or The Head of Department=92s Secretary Mrs. L Coulson, Department of
Experimental Psychology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EB (Phone: + 44
(0)1223 333552; Fax: + 44 (0)1223 333564; Email:
<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>lsc25@cam.ac.uk)</u></font>, to whom two
applications including a curriculum vitae, list of publications, and
names of not more than three referees, should be sent so as to reach her
not later than 6 March 2002.&nbsp; It is hoped to hold interviews on
22<font size=3D1><sup>nd</sup></font>, 23<font size=3D1><sup>rd</sup></font>
and 24<font size=3D1><sup>th</sup></font> April 2002.<br><br>
The University is committed to equality of opportunity.<br>



Sorry Brian, but this is barely readable...

I don't really know what to do about strange messages but for
messages like Brian's please write them in a readable format or make
a simple announcement comtaining the URL where more information can
be found. Thanks.

Cheers,
Barbara


--

Barbara S. Muller, PhD
Sensory Neuroscience Research Center
Dept. Otolaryngology
West Virginia University School of Medicine
P.O. Box 9303 Health Sciences Center
Morgantown, WV 26505-9303

voice : 304 293 1308
fax : 304 293 7182
email : bmuller@wvu.edu