From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261412AbTDDXKj (for ); Fri, 4 Apr 2003 18:10:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261449AbTDDXKj (for ); Fri, 4 Apr 2003 18:10:39 -0500 Received: from mail.ocs.com.au ([203.34.97.2]:37382 "HELO mail.ocs.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261412AbTDDXKi (for ); Fri, 4 Apr 2003 18:10:38 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 From: Keith Owens To: Ed Vance Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: your mail In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 04 Apr 2003 14:10:16 PST." <11E89240C407D311958800A0C9ACF7D1A33E26@EXCHANGE> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 09:21:22 +1000 Message-ID: <27796.1049498482@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:10:16 -0800 , Ed Vance wrote: >Perhaps there is a middle ground. Leave the list open, but require a >confirmation reply prior to passing along posts from addresses that: > >1. are not members of the list, AND >2. have not previously done a proper confirmation reply. 30 seconds after doing that, the spammers will forge email that claims to be from LT, AC, DM, MT etc. Not to mention all the viruses that forge the headers. Verification by 'From:' line on an open list is pointless.