Re: Mail sent to midcom (fwd)

[Michael Richardson <mcr at research.solidum.com>]

>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Moore <moore at cs.utk.edu> writes:
    Keith> On the contrary, it's clearly practical as I have running code in 
    Keith> bulk_mailer that does this (which will be in the next release).  

    Keith> Nor is it illegal.  Since there are no standards regarding list filtering, 

    >> The only practical solution is, as you propose, that the elist needs to
    >> have a separate list of addresses approved to submit messages.  

    Keith> Actually I've demonstrated that there is another practical solution, one
    Keith> which is unlikely to penalize those using subaddresses at all.

  Frankly, both are useful and they are complementary.
  
  I run many lists. They are now all restrict_post, but I always make
a corresponding -nomail list. Both are managed by majordomo, but -nomail
has defunct aliases. 

  tcpdump-workers at tcpdump.org is like this, and receives daily posts
from people reporting problems. I have a script that subscribes them to
the -nomail list, and then reposts their message. People who post once
usually post a second time.

  It's a lot less hassle than spamming several hundred people, and then
dealing with the "why is that spam there..." etc.
  
  If this is too strong medecine for the IETF, then a system of
"+censored" lists would help.

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