Jay ---
My vote is for Roger's idea, and if that's not feasible for some
reason, go with #2. Maybe have two people be the authorizing agents (someone
else has volunteered a couple times for this position) to provide an honesty
balance?
Also, what about attaching an identifier to the subject line for not
subscribed addresses? Like, there's "FS" = For Sale, "FA" = For Auction,
etc... Something like [UNK]
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> ----------
> From: Roger Merchberger
>
> Rumor has it that Jay West may have mentioned these words:
>
> >2) I can require non-subscriber posts be approved before I send them to
> the
> >list
>
> Jay, I don't want to insult your intelligence, but I've been doing
> listserver & mail server admin for ~~7 years, so if you do need some
> advice, lemme know.
>
> There is a 3rd option, and it's called TMDA, or Tagged Message Delivery
> Agent. (or pretty darned close) It can go right with your list, and
> automatically whitelist anyone who's subscribed, but anyone who's not
> subbed to the list, the message is held in a seperate queue for around 48
> hrs. or so (it's configurable) and a confirmation message is sent back to
> the original sender. If the confirmation is replied to, then the original
> message gets submitted to the list. If it's not, after the timeout period
> the message just falls into the bit-bucket behind the server. ;-)
>
> >I would prefer to do number 2 above. However, this does give me the
> ability
> >to occasionally see available equipment before the rest of the list. Of
> >course I wouldn't abuse this, but - I don't even want that perception.
> >So.... advice please?
>
> TMDA would not give you any opportunity of "early browsing", as you
> wouldn't see the message any sooner than the rest of us. (Unless you were
> combing thru the "waiting for confirmation" queue, and you'd have to catch
> the message before confirmation which for most folks wouldn't take long.)
>
> TMDA can be configured to automatically whitelist anyone who confirms
> their
> first message, then is trusted after that so the only time they'd see a
> new
> confirmation message is if they mailed from a webmail address, or it can
> be
> set up to confirm every time an email arrives from a non-subscriber.
>
> Check here:
> http://software.libertine.org/tmda/
>
> Oh, it can also be set up in a "blacklist" configuration as well.
Received on Thu Feb 21 2002 - 09:38:34 GMT