> On Tuesday 04 June 2002 07:37 pm, David Wright wrote: >> 1) Create an account and subscribe it to debian-user. 2) Set it to >> forward to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3) Leave >> >> No list managemenent system can protect against this. > > I don't know what the state of the art of list management software is, > but it must be possible to > > a) limit the number of messages from any user to say 50 a day; > > b) disallow posting from unconfirmed addresses; if [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wasn't subscribed, how could he post?
this would prevent many people who read this list as a newsgroup to contribute > c) detect "lameness" like Slashcode sites, and Google Groups (identical > repeated messages, malformatted messages, etc.) I agree with the rest of your arguments. By the way, are ponik's (and other spam) messages going to be removed from the archives? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
