On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Greg Wright wrote:
>>> How is it that this is possible?
>>> Certainly if this were to be exploited by many more companies such as
>this it would diminish the value of this group.
>>
>>Currently, anyone may post to the list so even people who aren't
>>subscribed can get answers to their questions.
>>If more spammers start abusing this fact, we'll have to change it. Also,
>>just in case someone is listening, spammers abusing this list will have to
>>face the consequences, abusing a mailing list to distribute spam qualifies
>>as theft of service which is a crime in pretty much any country in the
>>world.
>>
>
>Change it anyhow, anyone who cannot be bothered subscribing should not be
>here.... IMHO
>
> This trusting stance is a failure, and its the subscribers who end up
>paying the price, not the company hosting the list, thanks for pointing
>this out though, as I will restrict my postings now, what other RH lists
>have this spam friendly setting turned on ? I know the general RH list does
>not....
Yes, I agree... I like RedHat's general "you must be a confirmed
subscriber" policy on other lists. While linux-kernel@vger has
very good reason to be an open list, I don't think the same holds
true here.
I'd like to see the list so that posters must be subscribers.
That stops address forging as well.
My vote: closed list policy
TTYL
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