"Dan" <dbcemid=/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote in message
20030115170445.93053.qmail@web14501.mail.yahoo.com">news:20030115170445.93053.qmail@web14501.mail.yahoo.com...
> > This is true ... but I am investigating a way to change that.
> Why? Why not put the onus on the subscriber?
Because the mailing lists archives can be a prime source for spammers. I am
militantly anti-spam.
> Are you going to mask out phone numbers and other personal info too?
No, but spammers aren't interested in that.
> Also, David, there may
> be legitimate reasons to keep the email address in a archived post,
> such as a "If anyone is interested in this, contact me offlist at
> dbcemud=/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org".
In live messages, yes ... but not really in the archives. (IMHO).
> I learned long ago not to archive every message that gets sent. I use
> the midrange.com archives extensively. Yahoo gives me 4MB. That's a
> LOT of text-based email. If I ever fill up that much space in an email
> account that only sees Midrange-L posts, then I've got some
> housecleaning to do.
I wasn't so saying that because of archiving messages ... more for mailboxes
getting full. Messages get bounced when your mailbox gets full.
> Could you explain the bounced messages? Are you speaking of *my*
> web-based email account reaching capacity and bouncing back to *your*
> server? If so, again, I refer to the previous paragraph.
The mailing list software detects when a message is returned to it ... if
your mail service consistantly returns messages for 5 days, your mailing
list subscription will be disabled until you re-enable it.
> BTW, Rob mentioned the spam he got from Ed Gizowski and I had replied
> that I had not received any. Well today I checked one of my other
> email accounts that previously had only been used for a Midrange-Jobs
> list subscription. But I cancelled that subscription last August.
> AND, there's no archive for Midrange-Jobs. Hmmm.
I can't find macro computer's subscription address, if they have one ... so
there's really not much I can do at this point.
david
