Hey James,
Those are some good idea, but they have a few problems. First, the majority
of the users of this list are on a newsfeed or read through the website.
These are very popular options I do not want to eliminate.
The CCIELAB list does require registered users before allowing the posting.
While this has eliminated spam, it has also caused about 10 legitimate
messages/day to be rejected - along with the one or two spam messages.
I think the solutions is approve all first-time posters. After you have
posted a few messages, you will be allowed to post without approval. Of
course, this will require substantial rewriting of the software. I also
like the idea of hiding the e-mail address from the webfeed. I hate to do
it, but it seems to be necessary.
What do you mean by "double opt-in" registration?
Take care,
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Wilson"
To: "Paul Borghese" ;
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 10:21 PM
Subject: RE: DNL Blackhole list for GroupStudy [7:14082]
> My recommendation would be to require a confirmed email subscription
process
> which only allows posts from specific subscribed email addresses and not
> from web forms. Furthermore your web archives should strip out any
personal
> email addresses to keep spambots from harvesting addresses. Also make
sure
> that all email posts include the IP address of the post in the headers.
> That way we can go after the spammers with the ISP's. Make the
subscription
> process be to reply with a string such as "add [EMAIL PROTECTED]" prior to
> allowing posts from that address. This would put a stop to automated
> postings by spammers. The extra effort will be enough to stop people
being
> able to buy spamware that lets them post to the list. Most spammers are
> lazy (unethical) *&%$s. If you make it really easy to spam the list they
> will do so. If you use standard "best practices" in controlling posts you
> will put a stop to automated spam. I get approximately 750 - 1000
messages
> a day from various mailing lists. The only mailing list I get spam on is
> this one. This is also the only mailing list I am on that does not
require
> posts via email from double-opt-in registration. And I am on a *lot* of
> mailing lists.
>
>
> -
> James D. Wilson, CCDA, MCP
> "non sunt multiplicanda entia praeter necessitatem"
> William of Ockham (1285-1347/49)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Paul Borghese
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 6:39 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: DNL Blackhole list for GroupStudy [7:14082]
>
>
> I would like to hear some opinions on using a DNS blackhole list such as
> maps, or ordb with GroupStudy.com. Good idea, bad idea? Effective?
>
>
> Paul
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