Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 07:05:09 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: mailing list posting policies?
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On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, DJ Delorie wrote:

> My own preferences would be one of these two:
> 
> 1. Let it be and just ignore the spam.
> 
> 2. Do some sort of opt-in where your first email redirects you to a
>    web page where you self-authorize.  From then on, anything from
>    your email address is auto-approved.  I could also auto-approve any
>    replies to previous posts (obviously, if you're reading the list
>    you should be able to post to it also).

I vote for #1.  The amount of spam I get from the mailing list is 
negligible.