Another wish... probation. I had a system with Majordomo, daily cron rotation of subscriber files, that I liked, hackish as it was. New subscribers were unable to send mail to a particular large and active list for a period of time (five days in my case) after subscribing. This was to force new subscribers to read the list traffic and figure out, as much as they could in five days, list culture and what is acceptable. That list has lots of "juvenile" subscribers, and the probation period is (was) useful to temper their behavior.
A probation period would be a nice spam-deterrent also; I'm pretty sure we've had at least one person subscribe first, then send advertising immediately, to one of our lists.
Jerry
jerry@sandiego.edu http://www.sandiego.edu/~jerry/ Serra 188B/x8773
The more restrictions there are, the poorer the people become. The greater the government¹s power, the more chaotic the nation would become. The more the ruler imposes laws and prohibitions on his people, the more frequently evil deeds would occur. --The Silence of the Wise: The Sayings of Lao Zi