> But, but, but... SpamAssassin's entire purpose is an anti-spam > function! Oh the irony of it! > > > After all, if just anyone, without subscription, can post to a list, then > > it's > > open to the entire Internet, and then, as we all know, anarchy ensues...
The Debian mailing lists too are open for anyone to post regardless if they are subscribed. It's not anarchy but sometimes spam does get posted and some people go and report it to places like spamcop (I've been guilty here!). Debian has a mechanism to flag messages as spam in the archives so they can be removed. It's far from anarchy that imagine but it's definitely not zero labor. For me the biggest problem with allowing non-subscribers or subscribers that don't get mail back from the list is that there is no way for someone to know if you are reading their replies. I'm never sure if I should CC the person directly or not on these open lists. On the Spamassassin list, I know the person has to be subscribed so I don't have to CC them. I doubt most mailing lists are smart enough to CC such non-subscribers on replies. Multiple people I know join lists and then create a filter rule to put the list directly in to the Trash folder or some folder that they automatically delete older messages. Then, they read the lists in that folder. That may be your best option in my opinion. A hack comes to mind... maybe something could be written using sieve or procmail to spot which messages you sent to the list and move them and replies to it back to your inbox automatically. Michael Grant
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