--On Thursday, August 23, 2007 20:06:47 +0100 dgmm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
On Thursday 23 August 2007, Erik Trulsson wrote:
For this list (freebsd-questions@) in particular it is intentionally and
explicitly the case that one does not need to be subscribed to post here.
This is because it is the main support forum for FreeBSD, and much
documentation exists directing people to ask their questions here.
This does, in fact, open up a distinct possibility for list subscribers
who want to stop their address being harvested.
Subscribe to the list with one email address such that one receives the
list emails but post to the list with a different address.
Basically, what you (and others as well) are suggesting is that the list
maintainers do double the work so that you don't have to bother with spam
filtering.
Seems rather self-centered to me.
This is the internet. Spam is endemic. Short of encasing your computer in
concrete, there's no way to avoid getting spam **even if you never post to
a mailing list**. Either learn to deal with it or stop subscribing to
lists.
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Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
