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Re: closing mailing lists (was: spamcop)



On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 08:43:30PM +0200 or thereabouts, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> On 21.09.06 12:39, Stephen wrote:
> > It's not appropriate in my view, to allow anyone to post to debian-user,
> > without first subscribing. Apparently, anyone can post to debian-user,
> > without needing to do that step. I don't buy the argument that it's too
> > much of a hurdle to expect a newbie to debian to subscribe --
> > Subscribing to e-mail lists is done pretty much everywhere, so it's an
> > expected task, by pretty much anyone using them.
> 
> I have already seen spammer subscribed to the mailing list just to push the
> spam into it. We may expect more, as lists will become more closed. I don't
> think that closing mailing lists is the right way to fight against spam.

Well, it's would certainly be better than the status quo in my opinion.

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Regards
Stephen
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