It was 8/12/02 3:56 pm when david.gordon wrote: > 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.
It's been ages since I dealt with Majordomo and my memory is it was very painful to run a list with it. I can't remember if you can change the queries so people can't ask thinks like "who prodig." We moved over to Lyris and instant bliss. It has so many options for listmums that doing listmum duties actually becomes a pleasure (well...maybe that's overstating it...). I dare say you can get the addresses if you're determined (by cracking the admin's password or someSuch) but they're a bit more guarded. > 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. If the list is run by Lyris, you can automate the approval process. Just give out a password to the members for accessing the archives. --/ Shangara Singh http://www.e-pixel.co.uk Adobe Certified Expert ~ Photoshop 7.0 PortfoliosOnCD for Photographers http://www.portfoliosoncd.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
