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Subject: funky list processors
From: Martin Hamilton <martin @ mrrl . lut . ac . uk>
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 17:44:28 +0000
To: list-managers @ greatcircle . com

It would be kind of neat if list processor software had something
like a news reader's kill file feature. 

This way you don't waste bandwdith sending people messages they don't 
want to read in the first place.  On the other hand:

  . chews up lots of CPU
  . opens up new security holes
      (metacharacters in filter expressions?)
  . random people may be able to muck around with
      your preferences for a list
  . hard to implement if message distribution
      normally done by including file with list
      of subscribers (a la sendmail + Majordomo)

I wonder if there are any list processors which implement this sort 
of thing kicking around ?  Don't recall having come across any...

Cheerio,

Martin


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