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Re: ADMINISTRIVIA: list server / archive problems?

• To: Jeffrey Lomas <jeff.lomas@o...>
• Subject: Re: ADMINISTRIVIA: list server / archive problems?
• From: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@f...>
• Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 21:02:02 -0600
• Cc: Mike Champion <mc@x...>, xml-dev@l..., ari@c...
• In-reply-to: Message from Jeffrey Lomas <jeff.lomas@o...> of "08 Aug 2002 06:11:19 EDT." <1028801487.24066.58.camel@l...>
• Sender: uche.ogbuji@f...

> List,
> 
> Aliases are not permitted to post to the list to help protect against
> spoofed mail headers.  If you would like to be allowed to post to the
> list without receiving mail from the list, send a note to
> xml-dev-owner@l...

Have you guys considered that the inconvenience this policy imposes is greater 
than the likely burden of spam that is clever enough to explicitly post to: or 
cc: to the list?  I'm on many mailing lists which have a less intrusive policy 
and suffer little or no spam.

As it is, I've had to hack my local mail transport agent (Exim) in order to 
post to this list.  If I can do that, any spammer desperate enough to get 
around reasonable measures can do the same thing.


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Uche Ogbuji                                    Fourthought, Inc.
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