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Date:	Mon, 19 Aug 2002 12:22:56 -0700
From:	"Alan S." <as173 AT cornell DOT edu>
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To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Remove me
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Of course, a subscribers-only list is still subject to spam from any
spammer who makes the effort to go through the subscription process...

Alan S.
8/19/2002


DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > net and also in this forum, I think, we should consider to force
> > posters to subscribe to our forum before they can post here. After
> > all, that's not too difficult and there even is a web form, AFAIK.
> > DJ, can you do something about it?
> 
> A subscribers-only list is the only alternative.  My system currently
> doesn't support it, but I suppose I could add it.
> 
> The tricky bit is handling the case where a non-subscriber posts a
> real message, and we send them the subscribers-only note, and then
> they subscribe.  Should we keep track of the message and automatically
> send it if/when they subscribe?  Should there be a web form where they
> can click on their message to post it anyway?

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