From: eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: mailing list posting policies? Date: 9 Sep 2002 13:52:28 GMT Organization: Ericsson Erisoft AB, Sweden Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <200209080756 DOT g887u4K06321 AT delorie DOT com> <200209081558 DOT g88Fw2n24357 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lws256.lu.erisoft.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ Delorie (dj AT delorie DOT com) wrote: : Perhaps it's time to talk about making the main djgpp list : subscriber-only? My listserv allows this - anyone on *any* local list : can post, and there's one list just to hold your posting address if : it's different than your delivery address. : The only drawback is that new djgpp users will find it harder to post : their initial questions to this list. This doesn't sound good. : The alternatives, though, are to just live with the spam that gets : through my filters, or make non-subscribers' emails require approval : (i.e. delay). : Of course, I can't do anything more about newsgroup postings. And that means what? That spam generated to the newsgroup just goes through as well? Stopping the news gateway? Right, MartinS