On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 06:49, Carl Troein wrote: > Tony Buckley writes: >> I am not a great fan of Newsgroups - they get spammed too much and messages >> get lost or archived. Some ISPs carry them, some don't. All too hit and >> miss for a resource on which I rely and am very grateful for.
> I agree, but sadly enough the spam part is true for this list as > well. I completely agree with whomever proposed to have this > list modified to accept mails from subscribed people only An alternative that has just been implemented on the PHP lists is to keep an "approved" list of addresses in addition to a "subscribed" list. If mail is sent from either "approved" or "subscribed" addresses, then it is sent on to the list. Otherwise, an automated reply is sent to the sending address that requires a reply to allow the post to go through - this eliminates 99%+ of spam I'd bet - at least from examining my Shred folder (I file the, uh, "stuff" there and feed it to an anti-spam system called Razor once a day). Anyway, if a reply is made to the automated message, then the address is added to the "approve" pile for future posts. Billy -- database,sql,query,table --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
