Oh, OK, I was accepting valid posts and ignoring or rejecting invalid ones (i.e., the "get a bigger unit/lower mortgage/free M$ software" ones).
I will start rejecting all, and adding the comment you suggested for VALID posts. BTW, is there a way to report spam/phishing when you reject a request? Larry On 10/18/05, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larry, > > It looks like you've been helping out with the email moderation on a > regular basis. Thanks so much! > > The message the server sends back when a message is handled is vague, > and I was just wondering if you are "accepting" valid posts, or > "rejecting" them with a message. > > I usually reject otherwise valid posts with this message: > > ---- > > %%% Start comment > Please subscribe to the mailing list before posting. > > * http://ibatis.apache.org/mailinglists.html > > (Are you subscribed under another account?) > %%% End comment > ----- > > So that people can sort things out on their end. > > -Ted. >