From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jul 6 16:21:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from hostigos.otherwhen.com (mavery-gw.pernet.net [205.229.2.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 378A715453 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 16:21:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mavery@mail.otherwhen.com) Received: from mail.otherwhen.com (mail.2.229.205.in-addr.arpa [205.229.2.19] (may be forged)) by hostigos.otherwhen.com (8.8.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA13162 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 18:23:14 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199907062323.SAA13162@hostigos.otherwhen.com> Received: from PORKY/SpoolDir by mail.otherwhen.com (Mercury 1.45); 6 Jul 99 18:21:26 -0600 Received: from SpoolDir by PORKY (Mercury 1.45); 6 Jul 99 18:21:14 -0600 From: "Mike Avery" To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 18:21:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: spam [was: Earn Cash] Reply-To: mavery@mail.otherwhen.com In-reply-to: <37823AD8.3EBAECA2@charm.net> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12) Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 6 Jul 99, at 13:20, Dutch Collins wrote: > Sue Blake wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 10:11:25AM -0500, Mike Avery wrote: > > > Let's hope we don't have to live with it! Are the FreeBSD lists > > > filtered so only subscribers can post to them? That has all but > > > eliminated spam in the mailing lists I run. > > No, every public FreeBSD list works the same: anyone can post. > > That is not likely to be changed. This suggestion has been discussed ad > > nauseum, and the benefits of having the lists open always outweigh the > > risks involved. Other lists for other communities have different setups > > and rules. The FreeBSD lists are a special case, set up and run to suit > > this community's long standing habits and preferences. I'll point out that if someone is not a subscriber, they won't be able to see replies to their messages. So... even if the note sent to the list is legitamate, it's a waste of bandwidth as far as getting a reply to the person who posted the message. So, without dragging things out, what are the factors that make letting people who are not in a list post to it seem justifiable? Mike ====================================================================== Mike Avery MAvery@mail.otherwhen.com (409)-842-2942 (work) ICQ: 16241692 * Spam is for lusers who can't get business any other way * A Randomly Selected Thought For The Day: Cogito ergo Batman. I think, therefor I *BLAM*! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message