Re: Anti-SPAM Suggestion...

Ralf Baechle (ralf@uni-koblenz.de)
Thu, 19 Aug 1999 12:13:48 +0200


On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 05:10:28PM +0200, Rik van Riel wrote:

> There's another possibility (in use with some of the mailing
> lists I'm on).
>
> Subscribed users (or a selected subset thereof) can freely post
> to the list and all other posts to the list are moderated.
>
> Since 90% of the traffic seems to come from regulars, it doesn't
> put too much of a load on the moderators (volunteers??? preferably
> in 4 or 5 different timezones) and it really keeps the list clean.

Or even simpler, real spammers don't reply to email. If they're not
subscribed send the posting back to them and make them post it a
second time using some authorization code. In other words everybody
is it's own moderator.

Ralf

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