[SunHELP] LIST POLICY NOTICE

[Mike's List]

Dude you should of done this long ago...this is how most mailing lists
operate and it forces non-members to check out the website for info.
instead of posting, if you wanna post you gotta join and participate...


- Mike

PS - might want to have a note like "go to www.sunhelp.org for help"
     or such when non-members post to the list...


On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:

> Until now, I've "loosely" enforced the policy that someone has to
> be subscribed to any of the SunHELP lists in order to post to the
> lists.  When someone who *wasnt* subscribed posted, or posted from a
> different address than they were subscribed under, if the message
> was relevant, i approved it and let it go through.
> 
> However, the volume of posts like this has grown to a volume where it
> will swamp me if left unchecked.  I'm now seeing 10-15 message/day per
> list like this; submissions from unsubscribed addresses.
> 
> So, starting right now, I'm going to start *REJECTING* posts from 
> addresses that are not subscribed to the list they are posting to.
> The rejection messages will have an explanation ("Post by non-member 
> to a members-only list") of why the message was rejected.
> 
> If you have two email addresses (say, work and home) and would like to 
> be able to post from either, yet only get ONE copy of list mail - do the
> following.  Subscribe *both* addresses to the list, then go to the web
> interface for one (www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/<listname>), and set
> one or the other accounts to no delivery/nomail.  This way, either address
> will be accepted as a valid posting-from address, but you'll only get one
> copy of list mail.
> 
> If anybody has any problems like this, let me know.  Due to spam and 
> such, i will *not* be changing the "list members posting only" policy 
> anytime soon.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Bill
> 
> -- 
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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