On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 09:12:16AM +0000, Sergio Brandano wrote: > > Of course, you could also implement something like a bulletin board > > on HTTP over SSL instead... or maybe SMTP over SSL to each individual > > list subscriber. (insecure; most subscribers don't run their own mail > > server) > > I have a comment on this, related to the never ending battle against > SPAM. Why is that mailing lists, that are open only to subscribers, > make public the content of thir messages (including addresses) on the > web? Yes, archiving. But that opens the way to address collection. >
I think the idea is that the general public might want to see what the intelligent people on the mailing list have to say. There is a lot of good info on solving specific problems that can be found in mailing list archives. -- #define X(x,y) x##y Peter Cordes ; e-mail: X([EMAIL PROTECTED] , ns.ca) "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BCE