[H-GEN] -post lists

Martin Pool mbp at linuxcare.com.au
Mon Apr 17 01:00:01 EDT 2000


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On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Martin Pool wrote:

> Do rejected messages go to the list admins?  How many spams have tried
> to get onto the list recently anyhow?  
> 
> Can't we just use ORBS[0]?  The linux-kernel list went through this
> whole process a little while ago and decided to do that rather than
> filtering by From address.

Furthermore: some people already post from unique addresses as a way of
managing list replies or avoiding spam.  It's unfair to rule this out at
the mailing-list level.

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