Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 18:21:13 -0500 From: "Mike Avery" <mavery@mail.otherwhen.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: spam [was: Earn Cash] Message-ID: <199907062323.SAA13162@hostigos.otherwhen.com> In-Reply-To: <37823AD8.3EBAECA2@charm.net>
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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
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* Spam is for lusers who can't get business any other way *
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