On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 04:18:59PM -0800, Nathaniel Gray wrote: > I can't tell you how many times I've done the "subscribe, disable > delivery, ask for CC on replies" mambo, and it's getting to the > point where I just won't bother unless I've got a serious issue.
> The thing is, I don't blame the list maintainers for enabling > subscribe-to-post -- it's just the only easily accessible solution > to the spam crisis at this point -- > Carl Worth brought up the idea of a simple option to accept any post > that's cryptographically signed, regardless of subscriber status. I > liked this idea for several reasons. > 1. I've never seen signed spam > 2. Most mail programs have some way to sign mails > 2. When spammers do start signing spam it allows a straightforward > transition to a real web-of-trust style model. You may want to have a look at http://www.non-gnu.uvt.nl/mailman-ssls/ If it cannot do it already, at least it brings a GnuPG-integration framework that will make it less work to implement what you want. -- Lionel _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
