Re: spam

At 2003/04/03 22:03:01 Magnus Lie Hetland wrote:
magnus> I guess it's possible, but I see the advantage of people being allowed
magnus> to post questions without having to subscribe. (Some might see that as
magnus> bad netiquette anyway -- I don't know...)
magnus> 
magnus> Any other opinions on this? I get tons of spam anyway, and it all (or
magnus> most of it) goes in my spam filter, so for me it's not a problem... If
magnus> you (Chris) and others find it problematic, I could close the list
magnus> (i.e. make it possible to post only for members).
magnus> 
magnus> > Chris
magnus> 
magnus> -- 

Unfortunately this will only work if the list is hosted/mirrored on your own domain on a server wich is completely controlled by the domain administrator 
With a list that is hosted off-domain , you are in effect at the mercy of their ( the company that hosts the listserv ) policies with respect to commercial off-topic posts , they allow commercial off-topic posts through in return for -undisclosed- fees ( of course within limits ! ) 
Compare it with television , either you pay the licence fee for advertising-free programming ( NRK )  or put up with advertisements ( TV 2 , p4 hele norges radio )
With mailing lists , however  there's no vetting of incoming commercial messages and both downstream providers as well as subscribers have to bear the cost of transmitting and downloading
So you have either to pay ( in both money and time ) for on-domain hosting/mirroring or put up wit a -limited - amount of commercial off-topic posts 
There's no message on the message here , so this is a cross-section of spam that passes over the Internet in general 
k 


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