Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:30:27 -0800 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | [OT] Confirmation Spam Blocking was: List 'linux-dvb' closed to public posts |
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On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:15:50PM +0000, Dave Jones wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 01:38:19PM -0700, Zan Lynx wrote: > > > Compared to the time required to write up a good bug report or patch, > > what's the problem with the couple minutes needed to subscribe, > > authorize and _then_ post to the list? > > Closed lists are just *rude*. The only intention is to stop spam, > but personally, I find hoop-jumping like this *more* of an inconvenience > than spam, (and I get a *lot* of spam, several megs a day on a quiet day) > > Some maintainers get *really pissed off* when you short-circuit them > and send fixes to Linus directly. But if I'm forced to jump through hoops > each time I fix up random parts of the kernel, I'm going to be equally > as rude as I consider they are by doing the best they can to inconvenience > people with good intentions, and mail them straight to Linus/Andrew/Marcelo.
What do you think about individual email (non-list) using a confirmation based spam blocking system.
I currently use spamassassin to filter my messages, but I saw recently a project that asks you to reply to a confirmation message if you're not already on the white-list.
I'm not sure how acceptable it would be, and this is a little OT, but I'm wondering if I should spend the time testing that for my corp.
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