Mr Head,
"... I really don’t understand the need for IBM-MAIN any more. ..."
Nobody is forcing you to stay.
On 2026-05-18 20:14, Dick Williams wrote:
This is why the IBM main list is dying a slow death. Much like HLASM & Latin.
(Except in the legal profession) Why would anyone ask you geniuses what a B37 is
and wait for 30 geniuses to respond over a week. All showing how genius they were
by parroting the same answer? When you could google, grok, OpenAI, or any other
search/AI tool and get the answer immediately! I really don’t understand the need
for IBM-MAIN any more.
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On Monday, May 18, 2026, 2:45 PM, Radoslaw
Skorupka<[email protected]> wrote:
W dniu 18.05.2026 o 20:24, Rick Troth pisze:
We could require cryptographic signatures (PGP or PKI) on email from
participants.
But that's a LISTSERV change that L-Soft prolly has to implement.
What for?
This is open community. Everyone can sign in and there is no effective
verification of the person who did it. So in theory John Doe can
subscribe as John Doe, Albert Kowalski or every other name.
When revoked he can subscribe again under yet another name, using yet
another free email account.
While there is no chance to involve government-authenticated ID we won't
change the above.
However there is really simple way to get rid off the trolls:
1. DON'T FEED THEM. Just no answer, even such as "it is off-topic", or
"stop doing it". Just NOTHING. No troll write a spam when there are no
readers, no feedback.
2. Use simple message filtering. Did the troll used "Joseph Smith" name?
Then use a filter that will direct these messages straight to the trash.
3. Remember to use 1 & 2. Always.
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