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Subject: Re: Wow..I just saw it for myself - spam to confirmed list
From: Tom Neff <tneff @ grassyhill . net>
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 13:00:10 -0500
To: list-managers @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <3E678854.3020607@vo.cnchost.com>
References: <200303060938.h269coej021880@planet.fef.com><Pine.WNT.4.51.0303061014160.1924@office.elistx.com><00d101c2e3f6$a147ea60$21985742@ord351473> <3E678854.3020607@vo.cnchost.com>

--On Thursday, March 06, 2003 9:41 AM -0800 JC Dill
<inet-list@vo.cnchost.com> wrote:
> Will this be the end for "plain text email for those with no web access"
> mailing lists?

Maybe one useful approach would be to distinguish between kinds of
confirmations.  When somebody joins you can offer them a couple of ways to
confirm.  If they choose a Web based one, like the "word in graphic" test,
then they are confirmed 100% and enjoy full privileges.  If they choose a
text-reply confirm, then manager approval is needed to complete the process,
or if the text confirm leads to immediate membership, then all postings from
the new member are held for moderator approval at first, like the feature in
Mailman 2.1.

You could come up with a library of text-based challenges, but it might be
counter-engineered.

There is also this method:

	JxIA0KDQo8aHRtb
	9uXCBjb2xvXj0iI
	RybX5nPkRXTidUI
	MgSUXgSEXTVE9SW
	NlbnRXcXI+PGZvb
	wgc2FuXy1zZXJpZ
	JhdGVXbXJ0Z2FnZ
	1heSXiZSXhcyBsb
	9vcXBjcmVXaXQgb
	BnXyB1cCEgXC9mb
	NpemU9IjIiIGZhY

What letter do you see in the above block?


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