Re: Anti-SPAM Suggestion...

Jordan Mendelson (jordy@wserv.com)
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 02:47:22 -0400

Jelle Foks wrote:
>
> On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Riley Williams wrote:
>
> > Hi Jordan.
> >
> > > A sort of 'half-subscription' option for people who post to
> > > linux-kernel, but don't want to receive linux-kernel email
> > > (people with more than one email address who are already
> > > subscribed on one especially).
> >
> What about people like me, who are on the linux-kernel-digest@vger
> for a reason (idle hangup timeout for the metered internet dialup doesn't
> work very will with a continuous incoming mail stream) and who still
> want to send the occasional mail to lk?

Basially, I see this as the ideal solution, a cross between a subscriber-only
list and an open list. It would require no moderators, and very little work:

If you are a subscriber to the list and you send mail to the list, your mail
is sent without any external intervention.

If you are a registered user of the list and you send mail to the list, your
mail is sent without any external intervention.

If you are not a subscriber and not a registered user of the list and you send
mail, you will receive back a message such a this one:

-- start --
From: majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
To: user@foo.bar.com
Subject: Registration Required [Original Message Title]

You do not appear to be a subscriber of the linux-kernel mailing list. You
must either be a registered user or a subscriber to this mailing list in order
to post messages.

Subscribers of this mailing list will receive messages from the mailing list
and are allowed to post messages to the mailing list.

Registered users do not receive messages from the mailing list but are allowed
to post messages to the mailing list. If you are already a subscriber to the
linux-kernel mailing list and are using a different email address or simply
want to post to linux-kernel from time to time without receiving the mailing
list itself, use this option.

To subscribe to this mailing list, please email
linux-kernel-request@vger.rutgers.edu with the word 'subscribe' in the body.

To register to post to this mailing list, please send email to
linux-kernel-request@vger.rutgers.edu with the word 'register' in the body.

---- Original Message Below -----
From: ...
...

-- end --

This would require a minimum amount of hacking to majordomo.

Basically just setup another file to hold email addresses that is used to
check against. since alias expansion is done on the main file, these people
will not receive copies of the mailing list but still will be able to send. I
estimate a *maximum* of 50 line change for a quick-hack, 100 if you want to
make it pretty.

Jordan

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