A quick note from your moderator: A few people have asked about this recently so I thought I'd explain.
The list server blocks posts from people who are not list subscribers. This is done at the incoming SMTP server, during the SMTP dialog, based on envelope sender. I do things this way because the list gets about one spam attempt every two minutes (though on bad days it can be much more). Many of those would be blocked by other means, but a few hundred hundred a day would still get through. I could not possibly process this many postings by hand. Every once in a while, someone asks "do you have a way to let me post from an email address that is not subscribed", and the answer is yes, I do. The code that checks who is allowed to send to the list checks both the normal subscribers and a special "post only" list. If it is important for you to be able to post from an address you are not subscribed on, contact me privately and appropriate arrangements will be made. Perry --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]