On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Margaret Levine Young wrote:
> So far, I'm hearing that we should configure all our lists
> site-wide to require managers to approve the posts of new
> subscribers for X days (to be determined).
Actually, X moderator approved posts is safer than moderating new
subscritions for X days. I doubt you'll find many spammers who
are willing to write two or three on-topic posts just to inject
one spam to a mailing list. Also, checking a couple of posts
from new subscribers will give you the opportunity to catch most
newbie mistakes like "me too!" posts, quoting back an entire
digest, wildly off-topic posts, posting "stop my subscription"
requests, flame bating and such.
- murr -
