In article <[email protected]>, Stuart Henderson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2015/04/09 10:16, Jim web wrote: > > Well, my experience is also that almost all the email lists I use do > > require the posters to register and be approved as a block against > > spamming, etc. > "block" is the wrong word. "mild deterrent" perhaps. With the amount of > spam recently being sent by complex methods such as stolen or guessed > webmail or smtp-authentication credentials, requiring a sign-up to post > to a mailing list (which can be accepted automatically *very* easily) is > hardly going to get in the way. Yes, if you lock your doors people can still break in via your windows. But not everyone uses that as a reason to leave their street door unlocked. :-) > And like some others (including I think the list owner), I very often > find that requiring signups to post gets in the way and does little to > avoid either spam or some of the other (far more time-draining) > worthless posts. Which simply shows the selection effect I mentioned. People who are deterred by the way this list operates won't be giving their view here. People who are happy with it, will. Its a bit like going into a pub and asking how many people there have killed themselves by drunken driving. None of them will say they have. ;-> However I'm quite happy to leave this where it is because I know many people's minds are already made up on their own views. Jim -- Electronics http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
