>Another wish... probation. I had a system with Majordomo, daily >cron rotation of subscriber files, that I liked, hackish as it >was. New subscribers were unable to send mail to a particular large >and active list for a period of time (five days in my case) after >subscribing. This was to force new subscribers to read the list traffic >and figure out, as much as they could in five days, list culture and >what is acceptable. That list has lots of "juvenile" subscribers, >and the probation period is (was) useful to temper their behavior.
A probation period would be a nice spam-deterrent also; I'm pretty sure we've had at least one person subscribe first, then send advertising immediately, to one of our lists. Jerry -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sandiego.edu/~jerry/ Serra 188B/x8773 -- The more restrictions there are, the poorer the people become. The greater the government�s power, the more chaotic the nation would become. The more the ruler imposes laws and prohibitions on his people, the more frequently evil deeds would occur. --The Silence of the Wise: The Sayings of Lao Zi _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers
