From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jan 7 15:58:18 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA27317 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 15:58:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ime.net (ime.net [209.90.192.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA27311 for ; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 15:58:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from celeris (56k-port4009.ime.net [209.90.195.19]) by ime.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id SAA29657; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 18:57:36 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.1.19990107185610.00a29780@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 18:57:33 -0500 To: "Jason C. Wells" , Graeme Cross From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: New Majordomo Feature Cc: FreeBSD-chat In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 03:52 PM 1/7/99 -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: >On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Graeme Cross wrote: > >>Jason, there is too much potential here for abuse. > >Perhaps. I say that we already trust ourselves to not abuse the lists. > >Also, the description of the possible solution was incredibly simple. As a >check against abuse there could be a tally of spamthread commands. Two >strikes and your out. > >>mailing list spam becomes negligible. > >Nearly all of my spam comes from these lists. Granted, spam is a low >percentage of my total traffic. I thought maybe my idea could help the >people on the lists help themselves as well as the postmaster. The idea, is good.. And it should be an 'optional feature' of Majordomo perhaps.. I do think it would end up a 'pissing contest' in this atmosphere though. There is resolution in the threads, sometimes it just takes a while to get there :-) That's my .02$ worth. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message