On Fri, 22 May 1998 16:18:02 EDT, Ben Chi <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >In certain lists hosted here (all with SEND= EDITOR, EDITOR= (list)), As documented, the first-named editor must be a real person's address, not an access-class like (listname). >we've experienced some hit-&-run posting -- [log in to unmask] will >subscribe, post something generally nasty, and immediately signoff. > >One of our subscribers suggests that all new subscriptions be set NOPOST >by default for 30 days Default-Options= Review This forces all new subscribers posts to the named moderator(s) for approval. After 1-2 successful posts (or whenever you shoose) you can set them to NOREVIEW and they proceed to post normally. We run several of our big, high traffic lists at L-soft that way. Really keeps the spam down to 0.000001%