I tried that too, using majordomo's confirmation mechanism, but
people was so confused by the confirmation messages, that they would send
me personal emails asking "what is this confirmation email and what do I do
with it?" I figured it would be easier to just approve them manually, and
usually it is :-)
On 2 Nov 2000, Anselm Lingnau wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Toby Rider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I actually approved this request before I got your email. I used
> > to have a totally automated subscirbe/unsubscribe policy, but I had to
> > start doing things by approval 2 years ago because people started abusing
> > the lists.
>
> Over on the Strathspey list we use a totally automated system where
> subscribers need to confirm their subscription request by sending back
> a message containing a very long random number. This ensures that the
> list can send stuff to the address being subscribed and that only
> those people who do want to subscribe do so -- it foils attempts at
> harassment where you subscribe somebody to every mailing list in sight
> without their knowledge so they will be inundated with mail.
>
> So far there was one (!) incident of abuse during the two or three
> years that this system has been in operation.
>
> Anselm
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> Anselm Lingnau ......................... [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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