Re: Spam [was: Fwd: Meta-topic: Spam filtering and bounced messages]

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Graham 
Percival <address@hidden> writes
> On 20-Nov-04, at 3:54 AM, Sean Reed wrote:
>
> > i subscribe to a number of lists which only allow subscribers to post.
> > would the list managers consider adding this function to the lilypond 
> > users list?
>
> It has been considered in the past, but rejected: we want it to be
> easy to post to lily-users.  Asking confused new users to subscribe
> to the mailing list before asking questions could sufficiently
> deter some people that they simply give up on Lilypond.
Or insist that all non-member posts are moderated?

I know it's a pain and delays things for non-subscribers, but allowing 
spam mucks things up for subscribers :-(

Just respond to a non-member post with an acknowledgement that says "you 
are not a list member - your post has been held for moderation and will 
be posted shortly".

Cheers,
Wol
--
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