[NTLUG:Discuss] laser printer toner advertising

[Kendall Clark]

>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Baker <sjbaker1 at airmail.net> writes:

    Steve> Kendall Clark wrote:
    >> The tension between making this list usable and closing it to
    >> all spam is not an easy one to resolve. Obviously making this
    >> list closed to all but its subscribers shuts out much spam, but
    >> it also shuts out people from posting from non-subscribed
    >> addresses. I'm not entirely sure which one is the worse
    >> problem.

    Steve> Well, as I said, I admin several lists (with a few hundred
    Steve> people on each) - and I set them all up to exclude posts
    Steve> from non-subscribers.

Ok...

    Steve> So far, I have not had any complaints about that
    Steve> policy...so I do believe it to be the lesser of two evils.
    Steve> I understand your reluctance though.

This list was setup to bounce non-subscribers mail for a time, but
there were lots of problems with that. So, since every list is
different, other lists not having a problem with that policy isn't
necessarily relevant.

    >> Since the message in question was apparently sent on November
    >> 5th, I'm not terribly inclined to do anything about it *now*.

    Steve> Yes - but we are obviously on their list of victims - so it
    Steve> *will* recur.

Sorry for the empty reply; cold fingers don't always work Emacs
command sequences properly. :>

As for the spam, I think it's going to have to get significantly worse 
than 1 piece per two months before doing much of anything about it
is warranted.

Kendall