On Sun, 25 May 1997 you (Friedemann Baitinger) wrote:
Most of us subscribed to this list in order to get rid of
spam email.
The scope of procmail is somewhat broader than that, and I'm not
sure you can speak for "most of us".
I strongly suggest that the mailing list server's setup is improved
such that incoming mail is only accepted from validated members of
the mailing list. If this can't be achieved for whatever reason,
please let me know and I will send an unsubscribe request
immediately.
Steady on. As a lurker on this list I've discovered it to be a
magnificant source of information, tips and tricks. Would you
disconnect your phone line just because of a few bursts of static?
Would you throw away an original edition of "Birth of the Cool" just
because of a few scratches?
The "subscribers only" idea sounds reasonable (except that smart
spammers will then subscribe, won't they?) Whether that gets
implemented is up to the moderator. Meanwhile, why not regard the
odd spam collected here as a valuable resource, raw material for
your own experiments in despamming?
el bid