Re: Spam fights
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 06:03, Alain Tesio <alain@onesite.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:58:33 +1000
>
> Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
> > For mailing lists this can be achieved by making the list
> > subscriber-only. For individual accounts such behaviour is very
> > anti-social as it results in confirmation messages being sent in response
> > to virus messages.
>
> Not if the message if refused by the smtp server before it's delivered,
> right ? It's not that antisocial to ask the 1% people who aren't subscribed
> to subscribe before sending a message.
It is not anti-social for a mailing list of (potentially) thousands of people
to require a subscription before posting.
It is anti-social for every idiot on the net to think that they are important
enough to require a subscription from everyone who wants to send them email.
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