[ale] re: spam on the ale list

[Randy Carpenter]

On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Wandered Inn wrote:

> jiin wrote:
>> 
>> At 08:44 PM 10/26/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>>ENOUGH!
>>>
>>>jeezzuz
>>>
>>>i get swamped by this kind of aggravation at work, i
>>>certainly don't want to get subjected to it at home....
>>>Golf! shudder, shudder, twitch, twitch
>>>What does golf have to do with my Slackware box?
>>>
>>>unsubscribing as soon as this is sent...
>>>
>>>Thanks for all the interesting LINUX information....
>>>
>>>rhia
>> 
>> To be honest, that is the first ad I have ever seen on this list.
> 
> I get a lot of it, from various lists.  It's a pain, and everyone's got
> to decide if it's worth it.  I'd say, the value of the ALE list is
> greater than the pain of the spam received via the list.
> 
>> 
>> jiin
>> 
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This has probably already been discussed but one could configure the ALE
majordomo server to only allow postings from members of the ALE list.  It
eliminates spam but walls out legitimate outside postings.

Randy
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