On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 06:03, Alain Tesio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:58:33 +1000 > > Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For mailing lists this can be achieved by making the list > > subscriber-only. For individual accounts such behaviour is very > > anti-social as it results in confirmation messages being sent in response > > to virus messages. > > Not if the message if refused by the smtp server before it's delivered, > right ? It's not that antisocial to ask the 1% people who aren't subscribed > to subscribe before sending a message.
It is not anti-social for a mailing list of (potentially) thousands of people to require a subscription before posting. It is anti-social for every idiot on the net to think that they are important enough to require a subscription from everyone who wants to send them email. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
