From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 16 7:11:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from larry.compuage.com (larry.compuage.com [208.233.246.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3180137B405 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 07:11:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kelly@compuage.com) Received: from hnet04.kellyhendrix.com (unverified [208.233.247.37]) by larry.compuage.com (Vircom SMTPRS 4.0.179) with ESMTP id ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:19:23 -0500 Received: by hnet04.kellyhendrix.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7740718CB0; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:17:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:17:08 -0500 From: Kelly Hendrix To: Morsal Roudbay Cc: Ted Mittelstaedt , J S , Giorgos Keramidas , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Re: spammers] Message-ID: <20010716091708.A23164@hnet04.kellyhendrix.com> Reply-To: Kelly Hendrix References: <20010716093820.A25842@zigman.2y.net> <006a01c10ddb$435f4300$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> <20010716130347.A27119@zigman.2y.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010716130347.A27119@zigman.2y.net>; from morsal@swipnet.se on Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 01:03:47PM +0200 X-Freebsd-Version: FreeBSD 4.3-BETA i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 01:03:47PM +0200, Morsal Roudbay wrote: Ted's reply snipped > > Ted, > As u say, the ISPs dont bother if they get a single complaint.. that's what > I have experienced... I really dont see why this list cant be closed, feel > free to explain why it would work better open as it is now.. (all closed > Linux list I've ever subscribed to have been working great with no spam at > all) This has been discussed numerous times before, and if you search the archives you'll find the explanations as to why the list is left open. I guess it's better to let a dozen spammers in than to shut one user, particularly a newbie, out. kelly -- ______________________________________________________________________ | There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a | | miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. | | | | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) | |______________________________________________________________________| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message