Re: Mail reflector
Harvey J. Stein (abel@netvision.net.il)
Thu, 6 Mar 1997 11:39:19 +0200
From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU>
> I've lost count of the number of problems that have occurred because
> of mail<->news gateways.
<snip>
> So much so that I'm prompted into
> making the following (harsh) suggestions:
>
> Drop messages sent to the list if they are not from subscribers on the
> list.
<snip>
I don't know about that... There are lists which I don't subscribe
to, but read via archives, and occasionally email to. Such as the
redhat-devel-list. I'd think that that's a perfectly reasonable way
to interact with a mailing list.
--
Dr. Harvey J. Stein
Berger Financial Research
abel@netvision.net.il