Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 22:07:33 -0400 From: Larry Lile <lslile@lexmark.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why not make the list closed? Message-ID: <33961F65.20EA@lexmark.com>
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Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Yves Lepage wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Here's an idea: why not make the list closed? So > > that only subscribers can post to it? > > > I agree, I'm tired of receiving commercial proposals > and farm boys asking to see nude "chicks". > > Pedro. > Why not wave a dead chicken when you post to the list, much like posting to alt.sysadmin.recovery. Except it would have to be a different kind of chicken. Have a bot scan for the chicken and reject anything that does not have one. Just make sure that the method is documented in the faq, web pages, etc... It could be something as simple as a token in the subject line to be stripped out by the bot? -- Larry Lile lile@stdio.com
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