post shaun Zot O'Connor wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 13:39, Mark Morrissey wrote: > >>One of the topics that comes up periodically is whether or not to close >>the list. By 'close', I mean invoke the majordomo option that restricts >>postings such that the originating email address must be subscribed to the >>list for the posting to be successful. >> >>In the past, this has been opposed as some people want to read at one >>location and reply from a different location (such as work and home). This >>would necessitate subscribing from multiple locations. >> >>A possible solution would be to subscribe using both accounts but put one >>account in 'postpone' or suspend mode that would not deliver the email >>but permit the posting. The majordomo software in use for our email server >>does not support this option. > > > Majordomo (unlike mailman) has a neat feature. You can include other > posters in the allowed posters file. This you create a second mail list > (crime-posters) that people can easily subscribe too, that never gets > any posts. > > >>However, SPAM is beginning to affect the signal to noise ratio (although >>some may argue that point :-) on the list and there is the risk that PSU >>will become labeled by the various black hole services as an open relay. > > > Is spamassassin not working? It seems that a newer version should catch > all the spam I see on this list. > > > >>I would like to hear from those opposing this change. In this case, >>silence will be equated with assent. To keep the discussions of meta >>discussions to the minimum, I am asking that people email me directly >>unless you really feel the need to send your reply to the entire group. > > > Well, this is a bad statement > "silence == assent" > do not email the list. > Thus the list sees only silence, and therefore assent. > > So I ask people to email this list, since this is a direct issue for > people here, while meta to the list, the list is 1/3 of CRIME really, so > meta == CRIME. > > A while back I did an examination of the posters vs the subscribers. > They are fairly different. This is the main reasons I have opposed the > posters-only approach. Since this list get cross-posted, and sometimes > linked to USENET (against requests) people regular use spam catching > emails. > > So I generally support posters_only, if, and only if, there is a good > mechanism for dealing with valid non-subscription posters. Mailman has > its notifications. Is there any quarantine for the majordomo system > there? Do you have enough control to add one? (I think I did that a > few years ago to a majordomo system per list). > > > >
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