Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 23:59:53 -0500 Message-Id: <199610280459.XAA18614@delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: elf AT netcom DOT com CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com In-reply-to: <199610272046.MAA23036@netcom20.netcom.com> (elf@netcom.com) Subject: Re: DJ, can we configure list... > to eliminate our mail addresses? The RedHat axp list does this. None > of the exchanges on the list have people's return addresses. All > responses are automatically routed to the list. My comment on this is that it eliminates the opportunity to take the conversation off-line, since nobody can get to you other than through the mailing list. I'm also a little paranoid about messing with the mailing list setup, considering the amount of traffic it gets. > Why? I'm getting spammed at my login address about ten times a week. Better you than the djgpp mailing list and newsgroup. > My guess is that these people are still culling their lists from > newsgroups. While I have seen that there is hope for legal solutions > to the spamming virus, I wouldn't mind losing email addresses on our > list responses as an additional deterrent. Hit "d". I don't see how one or two extra keystrokes a day warrants rewriting my mailing list software and losing the identity of the poster. If it really bothers you, switch to Emacs, Netscape mail/news, or some other agent that allows you to specify a bogus return e-mail address, like "dont-spam-me AT you DOT bonehead". That's better than having the djgpp list itself get onto the spammer's mailing lists! DJ