[Glastonbury] award-winning ~ spam

Maurice Onmaplate glastonbury at mailman.lug.org.uk
Sun Aug 10 20:33:01 2003


How about subscribing on first email?  Not sure how
but an auto-subscribe plus vetting of first message
[vetting IS the wrong word, but..]


--- Sean Miller <sean@seanmiller.net> wrote:
> > It is *not* common-sense for the occasional
> visiter to be barred from
> > making a quick contribution to the group -- I know
> for a start that I
> > would never make a contribution if I had to go
> through the hassle of
> > joining up first.
> 
> It is, to me at least, total common sense....
> otherwise, how can one in
> any way moderate a list? Remember that as the owner
> of a list you can be
> legally liable for any content which is posted on
> the list - for example,
> libel. I know you will no doubt think me an old
> "fuddy duddy" for saying
> such, but it is important to protect yourself.
> 
> The other advantage of subscriptions is what we're
> talking about here...
> an automated job will not necessarily be able to go
> through the process of
> subscribing... it is incredibly easy for it to send
> a mail to an address
> though...
> 
> > Open really does mean "open" for me.
> 
> Entirely up to you, but if I end up getting 100 SPAM
> e-mails a day as a
> result of this strange and bizarre policy that you
> wish to adopt I shall
> be unsubscribing.
> 
> Sean
> 
> 
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