Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 18:57:33 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>, Graeme Cross <graeme@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au> Cc: FreeBSD-chat <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: New Majordomo Feature Message-ID: <4.1.19990107185610.00a29780@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901071548290.1897-100000@s8-37-26.student.w ashington.edu> References: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9901080959440.514-100000@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au>
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At 03:52 PM 1/7/99 -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: >On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Graeme Cross wrote: > >>Jason, there is too much potential here for abuse. > >Perhaps. I say that we already trust ourselves to not abuse the lists. > >Also, the description of the possible solution was incredibly simple. As a >check against abuse there could be a tally of spamthread commands. Two >strikes and your out. > >>mailing list spam becomes negligible. > >Nearly all of my spam comes from these lists. Granted, spam is a low >percentage of my total traffic. I thought maybe my idea could help the >people on the lists help themselves as well as the postmaster. The idea, is good.. And it should be an 'optional feature' of Majordomo perhaps.. I do think it would end up a 'pissing contest' in this atmosphere though. There is resolution in the threads, sometimes it just takes a while to get there :-) That's my .02$ worth. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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