Re: Anti-SPAM Suggestion...

ben fleis (lbf@umich.edu)
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:47:38 -0400


On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 02:27:39PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Chuck Mead wrote:
> > I know that the objective has always been to keep the list "open post"
> > to allow bug reports from the world. So aside from applying a high-speed
> > clue stick and dropping the 12 ton Lart rock... why not use web forms
> > all over the net which post using a valid address? I'd be willing to
> > donate a page and I already have a script and I'd be willing to bet that
> > there'd be a few hundred others willing to do the same. The list would
> > probably still get a "crap" posting from time to time but it would
> > definitely prevent what's happening now.

> A better thing (I think) I was thinking about would be to have it so
> that only people on the list could post to it, and posts w/ '[lk]'
> in the subject. Then if someone posts w/o being on the list (Or
> part of the digest or whatever), and the email doesn't have '[lk]'
> in the Subject coming in, it gets bounced back w/ instructions to
> plop '[lk]' in the subject and re-submit, and/or it can be forwarded
> to some person(s) for manual checking of the message, and they can
> resubmit it to the list w/ [lk] in the subject if it looks
> reasonable...

your description is slightly confusing to me. Do you mean
(1) Either be on the list OR post with [lk], or
(2) Be on the list AND post with [lk]?

(1) seems quite reasonable, and retains the desired openness, while
(2) is not only closed, but rather annoying for list users (i know that i
don't want to type [lk] every time).

my $.02

ben

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