On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 04:17:37PM +0100, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > Then the mailing list replied that I was not subscribed, so my > mail was blocked. I had to subscribe, or reply, or something > to get my mail through, except that my mail was lost. > That was such a disappointment that I just gave up. > > I hate such mailing lists.
Hence the reason we do not use the "subscribers only" feature. With the software I am proposing, your mail gets retained, and you just have to confirm your post, and then it gets delivered to the list. Mail does not get lost. > > I don't think we should trade two spam mails a week for a white-list > approach. That is fine with me. Just let me know when you think either of the lists receives too much spam, and then we bring up the question again. Happy lyxing, Mate