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From: maddog@best.com
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 13:49:27 -0700 (PDT)
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
Travis S. Casey wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Apr 1998 coder@ibm.net wrote:
>
> [suggestions for dividing up the list deleted]
>
> Well, in my admittedly limited experience, mailing lists don't tend to
> have the problems with spam and low signal-noise ratios that newsgroups
> do. Part of this is because of the differences in the kinds of people
> that newsgroups and mailing lists attract (mailing lists often attract
> those who don't want to put up with the spam and noise on newsgroups) and
> part is because it's easier to forcibly remove someone from a mailing
> list.
I've had a list for four years now and we rarely have a problem. The last
time there was an issue was when "Olga" spammed a lot of the mail lists.
Since then I've restricted posting only from subscribed addresses and we
haven't had a problem. My list is also advertised on my web page, so potential
spammers can easily find out about the list. The subsriber list is also not
available to non-admins so no one can go in a make a spam list.
frank