rex!best.com!agoodloe (Amy Goodloe) writes:
> At 10:21 PM 3/11/95, Kimberly Long wrote:
>
> >I cannot understand why anyone would not want to keep their list open
> >to non-subscriber postings. Is there something I am missing?
>
> I can't understand why anyone WOULD want their lists open to non-subscriber
> postings (is that what you meant?) I can't believe its the default in the
> current version of majordomo to have lists open to random posts -- that
> seems rather, well, dumb. But I also can't understand why it isn't harder
> for outsiders to figure out the outgoing mail alias (I mean
> listname-outgoing IS fairly obvious...)
>
This will vary from list to list. I keep my New Orleans list open to
non-subscribers so folks can ask for info about the city without joining.
I suppose some folks regard asking questions of a list membership without
joining as being a bit rude, in the same way some people find messages that say
things like "please e-mail me, I don't read this group regularly" rude on
USENET. The default on my mail software was also to allow anyone to post, so
majordomo is not unique in this regard.
Now, I can see any list dealing with women's issues, gay or straight, as being
a target for jerks. I'm sure that the authors of most list software didn't
consider this when developing the programs. Nor did they factor in the
increased number of "e-mail spams" we've been seeing lately.
Cheers,
Ed.
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