Yep; But then Security always seems to come at a cost!
But ... I think there is not sufficient cause *yet* to close the list up.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kiran
> Jonnalagadda
> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 8:59 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] ANOTHER DOOMSDAY ----- WILL U SURVIVE
>
>
> "Dr.Kartik Patel" wrote:
> >
> > Like many other lists, perhaps we could configure the mailing
> list manager
> > to accept mails only from list members. This will prevent spammers (who
> > are not subscribers) to take advantage of ILUG-Bom in this
> manner, because
> > it will check if the person is a subscriber before accepting the
> > mail. This is commonly done in many other lists (examples are available,
> > on request).
>
> This is not a good thing to on a well populated list. It may stop
> spammers, but it'll also inconvenience users.
>
> For example, I subscribe to the list using my personal address, but post
> using my official one because Netscape is too dumb to understand
> multiple outgoing addresses. If the list goes closed, I will have to
> choose between subscribing using my official address and risk clogging
> the mail server, or go into Netscape preferences and change my address
> to what's appropriate for the list/person I'm mailing.
>
> Please do not suggest that I switch to a "more intelligent" mail client.
> I need to do IMAP because I multiboot, and also handle HTML mail, and
> Netscape has the only sane implementation of both that I've seen
> anywhere in Linux.
>
> --
>
> Kiran Jonnalagadda
> http://lunateks.com
>
> baby.sh: while true; do echo "^G^G^G^G^G"; sed -e 's/food/poop/'; sync;
> sync; sleep 15; done
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