Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 12:07:19 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ban on spam-sender domains from posting to freebsd-questions Message-ID: <b053c6e0-1cf1-6458-573d-48f9273e3188@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <a1583243-bc37-77bf-99e9-826e597b20e8@ssimicro.com> References: <VI1PR02MB120004256324416B306EF53AF6B00@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20170802144911.1457.qmail@ary.lan> <BN6PR2001MB17308B31E586BBAC8009608E80B00@BN6PR2001MB1730.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <a1583243-bc37-77bf-99e9-826e597b20e8@ssimicro.com>
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On 08/02/2017 11:32 AM, markham breitbach wrote: > 2. Having a subscriber only policy doesn't necessarily prevent spam. I've run lists for years and while it doesn't "prevent" it, it vastly reduces it, almost to the point of nonexistence. > 3. I really don't see why the list can't have a subscribe-only policy. While I sympathize with this (and all my lists run that way), the problem is that subscriber-only lists tend to really increase the admin burden for the list manager. People are shockingly lazy and will just ask the admins to add/delete/change their subscriptions. They forget passwords, they can't remember the change process, the can't find the web interface, ... ad infinitum ad nauseum... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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