Are you lonely?

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Aaron Gaudio writes:
 > Doesn't this list allow non-subscribers to post? Perhaps that policy should
 > be reviewed. This is the only (with few exceptions) mailing list which
 > lets spam through; it is also the only one I'm a member of which doesn't
 > restrict posting to subscribers (and have a confirmation email). I don't
 > think that's coincidence. True, it makes life difficult, but so does locking
 > one's door but that's just about required as well.

The spam-protection sequesters your first posting (it gets mailed to
me).  Subsequent postings are automatically accepted.  This works
quite well because spammers always change their envelope sender.  If
they didn't, they'd get filtered out.  From time to time, they send
their message twice, and the spam gets through.

I believe this is a reasonable compromise between no filtering at all
(ugh), restricting posting to subscribers (which has its own set of
headaches), and full moderation (which slows down list interactivity).

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