On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 10:49:13AM -0500, Tabor J. Wells wrote: > While the issue of open list posting is one that can be debated, I cannot > think of even a single reason why running a mailing list manager that is not > configured to confirm subscriptions is considered acceptable. > > The point is not to protect the legitimate subscribers of bblisa's mailing > lists from spam, the point is to protect everyone else on the net from being > maliciously subscribed to a list without their permission.
Let me second this. Mailing lists that don't require confirmation can be used as a weapon. If you want to be a good net citizen, you should require confirmation of list subscription requests. -j --- Send mail for the `bblisa' mailing list to `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. Mail administrative requests to `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.
