On 03/03/2008, Andrew Gray <shimgray(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 03/03/2008, Tony Sidaway
<tonysidaway(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> If possible, don't bounce the spam, just
silently eat it. This
> reduces the amount of spam (and replies to spam) in the system. The
> instructions on joining the list aren't a huge secret, there's a web
> link in the signature of every single list mail.
Not bouncing leads to problems where someone thinks
they're subscribed
but aren't (which is relatively easy to do, even if you're familiar
with mailing lists...) - they'll send mails which won't get through,
but they won't realise this and will just be under the impression
we're not responding.
This is a particular problem with Gmail, which helpfully refuses to
display the received copy of a message you've sent. Presumably for
one's comfort and convenience.
- d.