Richard Kenward xxxxxxxxx wrote on Sun 8 Dec 2002 at 14:26 +0000 >Who is using the archive, is it really of value to listees?
The archive will have to build up for a few weeks before it is of value. Then I will use it. I regularly subscribe and unsubscribe to this list as traffic is heavy. If I'm away for a few days I don't want 5000 Prodig messages when I get back! So I will browse the archive to find what's being discussed. Had the archive been running a few months I'd be looking there right now to find out why everyone talks about different ink brands for inkjet printers... I understand the real fear of spam from web site harvesting, I think there are better ways of dealing with it though. I must add however that if I wanted some email addresses from this list there is a much more efficient way of doing it. One method (known to all spammers) is to send the following message to >Majordomo (at) connectinternetsolutions (dot) com< who prodig Try it and see. You are now the proud possessor of 488 genuine email addresses. I think the Prodig owners are going to have to consider 'closing' the list. In other words make membership by approval and the archive open only to members. I don't think that will cause you any more work than mailing those, like me, who forget and don't delete an email address from a posting. Quoting a previous mail and using the poster's email address is pretty much a standard accepted way of doing things. As far as I know all email programs do it by default. And I do know from experience of running another mailing list most users don't know how to change their settings. So no matter how much you scream and shout the list moms will for ever be slapping subscribers for 'forgetting'. Personally, I have changed my email address for this list to a disposable one. Seems like an easy option... -- David Gordon =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
