[Talk] Closing AUUG lists to non-subscribers

[Daniel O'Connor]

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On Fri, 14 May 2004 14:53, Ben Elliston wrote:
> > > You still have to (pay to) download it.  What's the point in
> > > downloading couple of megabytes of MicroSloth virii every day just to
> > > have your spam filter throw them away.
> >
> > I pay for it anyway since I run my own mail server...
>
> That's not true.  If the list were closed to subscribers, you would
> never receive the message.  Mailman would queue it for moderator
> approval.

I was speaking in general terms rather than this specific case.

My point is that the cure may be worse than the disease, especially 
considering there are several mitigating techniques that can be applied.

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Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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