Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 12:07:40 -0500 From: "USER" <kib@mediaone.net> To: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, "Carl Tucker" <cft@panix.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Spamming FreeBSD lists. Message-ID: <008f01c19866$fb7c5480$1d841bd8@kibserv.org> References: <87ofk6dnjh.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> <20020108063723.GA24052@panix.com> <0cb6f2046150812FE8@mail8.nc.rr.com>
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Just a thought: Is it possible to setup the mailing list to only accept emails that are from addresses that match those that subscribe? I am asking this partially for my own future use. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> To: "Carl Tucker" <cft@panix.com>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 10:46 AM Subject: Re: Spamming FreeBSD lists. > On Tuesday 08 January 2002 01:37 am, Carl Tucker wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 10:27:30AM -0800, Ken McGlothlen wrote: > > > reply to this message. Note that if your message is an unsolicited > > > advertisement, freebsd.org will bill you or your company $100 per > > > subscriber, payable net-30. Currently, there are 1500 [or whatever] > > > subscribers." > > > > > > Good idea? Bad idea? > > > > Bad idea, I think. That message condones spamming the list. It says > > you can spam, and it costs $100. > > Actually, per the last two sentences, it costs $150,000.00. Considering all > the good that $150,000 would do for the FreeBSD project, I'd be willing to be > on the receiving end of a single spam message if the sender contributed that > much to the project. > > But of course in practice it would merely serve as a deterrent to send the > spam in the first place, and that would be ok, too. > > > The optional last sentence shows what > > you get for your money. > > > > I don't want to be an a list that sells advertising. > > -- > Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) > Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) > http://www.babbleon.org > > -------> Free Dmitry Sklyarov! (let him go home) <----------- > > http://www.eff.org http://www.programming-freedom.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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