I agree with Rony, This is a lot more headache to the list members than the spam. Personaly I find legal stuff and EULA especialy something that should be avoided unless you have a VERY good reason. And I'm sure it would scare away new users/make problems with people who use their work account/create a big repeative arguments over the list.
Ely Levy System group Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel On Tue, 10 Aug 2004, Rony Shapiro wrote: > Hi, > > IMHO, this solution puts more burden on list members than the current > level of spam. > > Rony > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hyams Iftach > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 08:56 > To: Linux-IL mailing list > Subject: Spam in the list : > > > Few thoughts : > ------------------ > 1. EULA in the registration can be a good idea. > 2. Since it is somewhat technical list, a simple questionnaire from a > pool of question > is likely to discourage most of spammers, something like : > What is your favorite text manipulation utility : A) ld B) awk C) > ln D) ash > (mine is C). It requires some programming probably. > 3. A ratification will be ask every couple of months. If it is not > replied (correctly) after > two weeks, the user will be unregistered. It should skip on-vacation > users and so on. > > > > > > > > > > This e-mail message has been sent by Elbit Systems Ltd. > and is for the use of the intended recipients only. > The message may contain privileged or commercial confidential > information . > If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any > use, > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited, > and you are requested to delete the e-mail and any attachments > and notify the sender immediately. > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
