| pinkee on Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:40:19 +0100 |
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On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 03:10:38PM -0500, Michael C. Toren wrote: > > > 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. > FWIW, I think automajically rejecting all posts from unsubcribed addresses would be easier and less, uh hmmmm, potentially less likely to piss people off. Write a script to respond on how to handle this properly, respond to all messages and forget there is a problem. :) IMO, being rude rarely helps. I do recognize how much bj amd Darxus put into the list, but instead of adding to the work, why not decrease it? One concern I can see is adding plug to the list of '"hot" addresses for spmmers, but are they going to get much out of being politely larted? pinkee -- www.cavegirl.org www.mydarlingchild.com "Jesus made me so Jesus save me from pity, sympathy, and people discussing me" Morrissey Attachment:
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