Spam to list participants (from openhosting.com & softcom.com)

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 20:50:39 -0400
Antoine Kallab <antoine at kallab.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> > On Apr 30, 2014, at 8:26 PM, "illoai at gmail.com" <illoai at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> >> On 30 April 2014 06:15, Mike Sanders <tmp1 at freebsd.hypermart.net>
> >> wrote: RW wrote:
> >> 
> >>>> If a policy were implemented whereby (say) the first
> >>>> two messages of new subscribers where approved/denied
> >>>> by the list-owner, this problem would end.
> >>> 
> >>> It wouldn't, it's off-list.
> >> 
> >> Which implies all list members email addresses are exposed
> >> to the world at large? How else would an email address be
> >> gained by spammers... If that's the case it needs to be changed.
> > 
> > Spammers can subscribe to the list, you know.  This is
> > a public list, so, yes, by definition literally anyone in the
> > entire world who has an internet connexion can see every
> > single email that you send to the list, & your email address
> > (& mine & Jerry Seinfeld's too, if he sends email to the list).
> > 
> > It is a public list.
> Should it stay that way?
> 
it should.

Erich