Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:53:46 -0400 | From | Wakko Warner <> | Subject | Re: Anti-SPAM Suggestion... |
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> >I know that the objective has always been to keep the list > >"open post" to allow bug reports from the world. So aside from > >applying a high-speed clue stick and dropping the 12 ton Lart > >rock... why not use web forms all over the net which post using > >a valid address? I'd be willing to donate a page and I already > >have a script and I'd be willing to bet that there'd be a few > >hundred others willing to do the same. The list would probably > >still get a "crap" posting from time to time but it would > >definitely prevent what's happening now. > > Using web forms to POST to linux-kernel? You mean ONLY web based > access to posting? The volume would drop overnight from probably > 300 posts/day to 10 posts/day. > > Nobody is going to read an email in their mail client, and then > cut and paste the message into a web form to reply to it. I > doubt that many people would use the web form to write a message > in the first place. I would just unsubscribe permanently, and > consider the list as dismantled. I would put $10000 cash on a > bet that says most others would leave too.
I for one would.
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