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Subject: Re: Commercial Posts - What To Do?
From: "Gary E. Bickford" <garyb @ outlawnet . com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 15:00:23 -0700 (PDT)
To: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM, jjflash @ pobox . com

Isn't it the case that the list owner can turn moderation and subscription on and off?  I don't have time to look right now, but perhaps somebody can provide more info on this.  Of course, check out the FAQs.
gb
 
> From majordomo-users-owner@GreatCircle.COM Sat Apr 27 21:51 PDT 1996
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> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 00:31:11 -0400
> To: majordomo-users@GreatCircle.COM
> From: Jack Schnapper <jjflash@pobox.com>
> Subject: Commercial Posts - What To Do?
> 
> I run 2 small lists (both under majordomo).  Recently my lists have been
> getting advertisements (usually fairly large messages - @13k) from
> non-members soliciting magazine subscriptions.  These always (I am pretty
> sure) come from AOL addresses that are deleted after the messages are sent.
> 
> My host site is POBOX and I don't have access to the server.  Therefore, I
> don't believe that I can make the lists closed to postings by non-members.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas for me?  My listmembers are getting irritated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jack
> 
> Jack Schnapper * jjflash@pobox.com  *  http://www.pobox.com/~jjflash
>    "Live now.  Make now always the most precious time.  
>          Now will never come again." 
>                    - Captain Jean-Luc Picard, U.S.S. Enterprise
> 

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