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Date:      Mon, 10 May 1999 16:27:45 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SPAM 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905101626350.401-100000@picnic.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <199905102014.WAA03760@greenpeace.grondar.za>

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On Mon, 10 May 1999, Mark Murray wrote:

> "Jonathan M. Bresler" wrote:
> > 	with volunteers, we could moderate the list(s). mail transfer
> > would be slower as we wait for the moderator(s) to approve each piece
> > of email.  if we use more than one moderator per list, the
> > time-sequence of email would be lost....we would get some very
> > strange threads...could be enteraining.
> 
> Have you ever considered only allowing list members to post, or are
> there difficulties that make this impossible?

There might be some resistance to this for all lists, but how about
just, say, current and committers?  Hackers == maybe?

I don't think anyone on current or committers will complain.

> 
> > 	the amount of spam we get is very little.  its easy to delte a
> > couple messages. i do not believe it is worthwhile ot moderate the
> > lists.
> 
> Do you have any stats of "accepted mail" vs "rejected mail" vs SPAM?
> 
> M
> --
> Mark Murray
> Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org
> 
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