Mailing list spam

[michael d hoskins]

If I'm not mistaken, Majordomo allows for two lists, one for incoming
and another for outgoing, although, I could be wrong about that one.  I
used to run one a while ago.  Of course, it makes things a little bit
harder to admin, but then again, I setup web forms for all of this, to
automate it and make life easier.

There are ways to stop this without resorting to "subscribing for all my
possible email addresses" or moderating.

Of course, since it's written in Perl, life is easy.  Do whatever you
want!  (Not that Majordomo's Perl code is all that great, but that's
another topic...)

See these, as well as the included docs:
http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/
http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/README
http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/majordomo-faq.html#1.7
http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/majordomo-faq.html#3.6
http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/majordomo-faq.html#3.10
http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/majordomo-faq.html#3.13

Or, from the Majordomo archives:
http://www.hpc.uh.edu/majordomo-users/9710/msg00097.html
http://www.hpc.uh.edu/majordomo-users/9710/msg00117.html
http://www.hpc.uh.edu/majordomo-users/9609/msg00220.html
http://www.hpc.uh.edu/majordomo-users/9609/msg00255.html
http://www.hpc.uh.edu/majordomo-users/9609/msg00262.html
http://www.hpc.uh.edu/majordomo-users/9609/msg00273.html
http://www.hpc.uh.edu/majordomo-users/9609/msg00290.html

-----Original Message-----
From: bradmiller [mailto:bradmiller at dslonramp.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 10:12 AM
To: kclug
Cc: bradmiller
Subject: kclug - Mailing list spam

I personally vote for making the list "closed" in which people cannot
send
unless they have subscribed to the list.   Yes, some may argue that they
will not be able to send mail then from a different location.  I don't
see
this as a problem -- if it's that big of an issue, get a generic account
where you can use it via a web browser interface (or build your own) and
call it good.   I've been on multiple car lists for many years now and
we've rarely had problems with spam.   Usually the ones doing it are
small-time "here I am" operators.  The way the current system is, you
are
opening yourself wide open for a deluge of potential hits.

I think people here should be bright enough to get onto the list and off
of
it by themselves.  Likewise I don't think it should be a problem for
some
people to develop work-arounds by closing the list off.   With the
archives, most people could view the stuff said during the day from work
on
their browser and then just have an email window that allowed them to
send
something out when they needed to respond.

As you know . . . the facts and opinions are my own -- blah blah blah.

Bradley Miller, Programmer/webmaster
AccessZone Design - www.accesszonedesign.com
Blue Springs, Missouri office
Phone: 816-228-3814 Fax: 559-663-4046