Am 2005-05-24 13:28:04, schrieb Ian Greenhoe: > There are several solutions that I can see: > > 1) Have the mailserver reject the first delivery attempt by a non-list > recipient. (Or, for that matter, the first delivery attempt of *any* > mail.)
<lists.debian.org> should be easyly reached by all $USER and most newcomers do not know, how to subscribe to mailinglists. > 2) Require that someone who is not on the list to respond to an > automatic response. Most people I know (including myself) send challange-reponses to /dev/null (I get every day such bullshit) > 3) Reject non-subscribed senders. Not acceptable. > #1 will probably induce an unacceptable load on the mailserver. > #2 will induce some load, but at the listserv level. > #3 will probably have the least load, but will prevent non-subscribers > from asking questions. > > -Ian Greetings Michelle -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/3/88452356 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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