Re: Mailing list policy

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry at piermont.com>]

Andy Fletcher <andy at cyberware.co.uk> writes:
> There appears to be a lot of spam on this list at the moment. Most of it 
> appears to be coming from addresses which probably are not subscribed to the 
> list.
> 
> If the list posting policy is 'open' can it be changed to 'subscribed 
> addresses' only?  This won't stop legitimate posts as there is no reason to 
> post to the ietf list unless you are subscribed to it, but will stop
> the bulk of the spammers.

I've run a lot of lists that way, including some IETF mailing lists,
and it has worked out fine. It stops most spam but does not
inconvenience most subscribers.

Perry