On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 08:57:10AM -0400, Michael Marsh wrote: > On 5/24/05, Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I see absolutely no reason why the lists should be open to all posters. > > It's > > not hard to figure out how to subscribe to a list - even Windows users do it > > all the time. > > It's not that subscribing or unsubscribing is difficult, it's that it > creates at least a small deterrence, especially for a high-volume > list. This is more relevant for d-u than d-l, but the principle's the > same. It's easy enough to request Cc's if you're not on the list, or > to watch for responses on the archive page, and you don't get any mail > that you don't want. It can take days (or in some cases weeks) to > sort out a problem, and in that time a lot of unwanted email can > arrive.
How about the following compromise: - make the lists subscribe only, but - provide a simple web form for sending mail to d-* lists. "secure" the form against automated sending attemps by a captcha[1] of some sort [1] http://www.captcha.net/ -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
