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[Thomas Wouters]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 10:00:37PM -0700, Ivan Van Laningham wrote:

> > How did this message make it into the list in the first place?

> > Did the spammer fake his/her sending address as that of a valid
> > list member, or is the list not sent to allow only registered members
> > to post?

> Because it's a gatewayed newsgroup, the Python mailing list can't reject
> non-subscribers.

> <sad-sad-story>-ly y'rs,

Actually, I think it would be a Big Mistake(tm*) or at least a Not Very
Smart Thing(c*) to block the list for non-subscribers. It would require
people to subscribe before they can ask their questions, and it would be
nasty for people who use more than one email address, or post with a
different one than they receive on. I manage a couple of closed lists,
company-lists for employees only, and even with less than 100 subscribers it
gets annoying as hell.

Much, much better to be open, and to deal with spam when it arrives -- by
examining the Recieved: lines and complaining to the origin of the spam,
plus possible relayers inbetween.

*)-copyrights-and-trademarks-of-Microsoft-ofcourse-ly y'rs,
-- 
Thomas Wouters <thomas at xs4all.net>

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