>> I use Yahoo for some private lists and never have had any spam issues. > > Can you keep the list from being published in Yahoo's directory? I >assume that is how the spammers find the lists that I am a member of.
I don't know if you can keep it from being published, but you can make it a closed membership list. You can set it up that the only people that can join are approved by a moderator. If you do that, then no spammer can get in unless you let them in. With a semi-public list as most are, spammers sneak in by signing up claiming to be a normal person interested in the topic, and once approved they start their spamming... with something like this proposed development list, there should be little to no unknown outside interest. Anyone that is interested will likely be someone one or more of the developers knows and can vouch for. But, you still are faced with the group being published by Yahoo, which may bring attention to the project before the developer(s) want that to happen. I suspect you can't hide the group from being published in their list... Yahoo wants to claim they have as many lists as possible, as that helps them attact advertisers. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
