Doug
>Hi Hugo,
>
>there is no facility for lists running under this version of majordomo to
>parse
>the userlist and accept postings from not only the given addresses but all
>aliases they and their service providers currently use.
>
>Let me give you an example:
>
>Fred joins the list as fred at fred.com.
>
>But he may send mail via his virtual mailserver, fredmail.fred.com.
>
>Mail may come from fred at fred.com, or it may appear to come from
>fred at fredmail.fred.com. Or if fred.com gets bought out by Fredco
>Conglomerated,
>it could be fred at fredmail37.fred.com
>
>Some might see this as sloppy, and they are certainly entitled to their
>opinion.
>
>So, without any sarcasm :) - when I say "Everyone can send to the list",
>what I
>mean is, everyone with an email account anywhere can send email to
>rainbowfish at pcug.org.au or rainbowfish at tip.net.au and it will be seen by
>everyone who chooses to remain subscribed to the list.
>
>Does that make sense? Anyone can send, only we see it.
>
>Cheers, Andrew
>
>On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Hugo wrote:
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> > jus for info, when we recieve stuff like this it is forwarded to the mail
>> > admin guy - he can block the spammer's entire domain if he sees fit.
>> >
>> > Everyone can send to the list, but only members receive stuff. The only
>> > alternative is to have the list administrator (me) approve every single
>> > posting before it goes out.
>>
>> But isn't it possible to block any postings that aren't sent by subscribers,
>> or were the spammers members?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Hugo.
>--
>_______________________________________
>andrew at pcug.org.au Andrew Boyd
> Information usability specialist
> and Thrillseeker...
>_______________________________________
Doug Karpa-Wilson
Department of Biology 1821 S. Maxwell St.
Bloomington, IN 47405 Bloomington, IN 47401