On 03/03/2008, cohesion cohesion@sleepyhead.org wrote:
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
I would infer from that that we are not dealing with a big problem. It is sometimes refreshing to read comments from someone who is not one of the usual suspects.
I think he means they are having to go through hundreds of garbage emails for these very few good ones. :(
Seriously, David's suggestion would make it easier to manage the list, at the small price of requiring an extra step from occasional non-members who want to send email to the list.
My suggestion was to reduce the collateral damage caused by hijacking of email addresses by spammers, but it has the disadvantage that a non-members who sends a one-off email to the list woud never know that it had been received unless he specifically examined the online archives. For that reason, I now think it would be unsuitable.