1 Feb
2002
1 Feb
'02
4:39 a.m.
On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, John Lawson wrote:
Well, what we do on several other mailing lists I deal with is to moderate
non-subscribers only -- their emails are redirected to the moderator(s)
and are sent to the list when the approval message is sent back to the
server.
The web based idea could work, and it would be simple to give the user a
url in the notice email explaining the moderated status for
non-subscribers. The problem I see is that some spammers that get the
moderated notice will then send a message to the list via the web based
access.
-Toth
Besides, sure as shit, the day we moderate this
is the day that some
guy's uncle dies and they clean out his storage space with the last Foonly
in it, and the nephew can't get a message thru and it goes to the dump.
The solution is simple. We're not moderating anything. We're just making
the list writeable by subscribers only. If non-subscribers try to post we
can bounce them back a message telling them how to properly post a
message.