Low cost Thin Film Thickness Measurement System

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Fri Feb 1 15:17:52 2002

On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> 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.

I understand exactly what you are proposing, and wasn't trying to imply I
thought you were proposing *full* moderation.

> > 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.

You'd be surprised what spammers will do to get their messages sent out to
a few hundred folks.

-Toth
Received on Fri Feb 01 2002 - 15:17:52 GMT