On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Nathan Meyers wrote:
> This mailing list appears to be finding its way into a lot of unwelcome
> mailboxes... seems that every time I send something out to java-linux, I
> get a "please stop sending me mail" complaint from someone. My best
> guess is that some prankster somewhere is getting his kicks by handing
> out unsolicited subscriptions.
>
> Perhaps this would be a good time to add a challenge-response mechanism
> to the subscription process -- an initial piece of mail requiring the
> subscriber to confirm the subscription.
I hate that idea. better to set the list up properly so that mailing errors
go to the list manager, not to the list or its subscribers.
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Cheers
John Summerfield
http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support.
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