--On 22 January 2007 22:42:11 +0100 Joachim Breitner <mail@joachim-breitner.de> wrote:
Hello,
a lot of mailing lists have posting only available to members just to prevent spam. For these lists there should be an option that adds a link to the „Your message is held...“ notification that will allow the message to go through, just like the link to delete it, or the check in the subscription handshake. This would reduce work for the list administrator and be more friendly to the casual poster.
In http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=407530 it was argued that spammers would then soon start to learn to „click“ this link. I disagree though that this feature will indeed open the gates to spammers: If they figure out how to activate a link in a confirmation message, they will figure out how to subscribe anyways.
Alternatively, a message to a members-only mailing list could automatically trigger a subscribe challenge that, if acted upon, not only subscribes the sender, but also approves the held-back message.
What do you think?
Well, some people may think this is useful. It should be possible for a list owner or a site owner to disable it, though.
-- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex