On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 09:01 -0400, seth vidal wrote: > So I'm thinking that I'll just make the default mechanism be discard. So > that if a message is posted to this list by a person who is not a > subscriber then the message will be silently dropped. I have been wondering about this for some lists I run. Personally I am loath to make this change on my lists because it means that posts from people who are not subscribed, or (relatively common in our case) are from subscribers but using an non-subscribed address (normally accidentally), are dropped silently. I'd be happier with a reject of those messages - at least the innocent get some level of reply - but you then also set yourself up as a a mechanism for doing bounce spamming (which you are already at the moment since those held messages will have generated a "Your message is being held" type message back to the original sender). Its a shame that the spammers have managed to completely change the landscape - and a real shame that automatic death penalties for spamming are not enforced. Nigel. -- [ Nigel Metheringham Nigel.Metheringham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] [ - Comments in this message are my own and not ITO opinion/policy - ]
