At 13:07 05/30/2002 Thursday, Richard Keller wrote: >Can anyone subscribe to this list (in other words, a global list) or is >this something for a >select service area. If open to all make sure Subscription=Open,Confirm. >This is one >way to potentially reduce spamming because any subscription confirmation >will go back >to the actual address, rather than the spammer who may be spoofing the address. A problem EVEN WITH SEND= PRIVATE is that any one (or thing) that can spoof the subscriber can then also post. As a matter of fact the KLEZ virus seems to do that nicely even spoofing lists as a FROM: field to other lists as a TO: field.