Michael C. Toren on Sat, 26 Jan 2002 15:10:39 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] posting to this list from unsubscribed addresses

  • From: "Michael C. Toren" <mct@netaxs.com>
  • To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
  • Subject: Re: [PLUG] posting to this list from unsubscribed addresses
  • Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 15:10:38 -0500
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> > This sounds like very a bad policy, to me.  Doesn't mailman have a list
> > of addresses that it will accept mail from, even if not subscribed?  Why
> > not add them to that list?
> 
> Why don't they add themselves ?

There's no reason they can't, and I have no objections if you want to
reject all messages sent from unsubscribed addresses.  That's quite a
different policy than automatically subscribing someone to a mailing
list they didn't ask to be subscribed to.

-mct