On 03/03/2008, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
On 03/03/2008, Tony Sidaway tonysidaway@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.