On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Jay Maynard wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 10:53:44AM -0700, Scott Gomez wrote:
> > The only thing I know that will eliminate them is for this list to be set to
> > reject messages that aren't originating with subscribed users.
>
> ...a measure that fewer and fewer mailing lists on the net aren't using. Of
> the 10 or so I'm subscribed to, this is the only one that allows posting by
> non-members.
>
In that case I would encourage the list admins to also maintain an "okayed
posters" list. That is, a list with addresses not subscribed to the list,
which are still allowed to post. I, for one, receive all my mailing-list
mails on one address - different from the one I use for posting.
> (Yes, I get about 300 emails a day...why do you ask? :-)
Pfff! Amateur! (577 unread emails this morning when I came in...)
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Thomas Heide Clausen
Civilingeniør i Datateknik (cand.polyt)
M.Sc in Computer Engineering
E-Mail: T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx
WWW: http://www.cs.auc.dk/~voop
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