On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
> Well, what we do on several other mailing lists I deal with is to moderate
> non-subscribers only -- their emails are redirected to the moderator(s)
> and are sent to the list when the approval message is sent back to the
> server.
Dang it, I was NOT proposing moderation! I was proposing just what you
explain here, which is to "moderate" NON-subscribers only.
> The web based idea could work, and it would be simple to give the user a
> url in the notice email explaining the moderated status for
> non-subscribers. The problem I see is that some spammers that get the
> moderated notice will then send a message to the list via the web based
> access.
I don't think any spammer would waste his time actually reading bounced
messages.
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