From lojbab@lojban.org Sat Apr 20 12:47:19 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_1); 20 Apr 2002 19:47:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 90714 invoked from network); 20 Apr 2002 19:47:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 20 Apr 2002 19:47:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (216.231.54.78) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Apr 2002 19:47:14 -0000 Received: from [205.252.61.3] (helo=bob.lojban.org) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 16z0px-00059z-00 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 12:47:57 -0700 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020420154008.00aaa930@digitalkingdom.org> X-Sender: lojbab@digitalkingdom.org (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 15:47:46 -0400 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Lists and Spam In-Reply-To: References: <22.275bb7d2.29f2d2a1@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: lojbab X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1120595 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab At 12:42 PM 4/20/02 -0600, Jay Kominek wrote: > > Constant monitoring will prevent this, of course, but who has the time > > for that on a heavy volume list like Lojban? > >One does not have to monitor every individual message. A list can be setup >such that only those parties subscribed to it can send email to it. Each >subscription can then be manually approved. (There aren't that many of >them on this list. As Lojbab mentioned, <=400 in the past couple of >years.) On what basis do you stop someone from subscribing? Verifying someone's net persona is a bit of work, and a large number of people are subscribed not under any obvious real name (not that a competent spammer wouldn't be able to create a fictitious person's name). lojbab