> > Mailing list managers are just one of a host of facilities.  If you
> > enable any automated facility, you open up a door.
>
> I do not agree with this.  Each layer of protection you add will
> discourage more and more people....
 
But there are two sides to this issue.  Protection also *attracts* subscribers.
 
I find it difficult to believe that a great many people will be discouraged
from using mailing lists because the subscription rolls are not reviewable
by the general public, and at the same time supposedly only a small number
will be discouraged by those openly reviewable lists that enable lots of
undesirable spamming.  It is obvious, IMHO, that the reverse should be true.
 
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