On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, C wrote:

> Couldn't you cut down on spamming with subscription by owner -
> require the person to tell a little about himself, etc.?

Trista, then why are you on THIS list? There is
no way to review anything here to see who is here.
To some listservs the review function causes
more trouble than it is worth. We had over 5,000
spams and 4 listserv messages one WEEK. It was
too much. We went review to owner  when we went
full  listserv from listserv lite with probe
so we can check who really is still there or not.

Remember most listserv owners do NOT get paid to
run it. So anything to decrease needless problems
to the owner makes it easier for the list to survive.


>
> For the subscribers to not be able to find out who else is on the
> list could be injurious.  For example, say that I am on an ecology
> list.  I work for a park and my boss is implementing a practice which
> I think could be harmful.  Say that I have doubts about my boss's
> integrity anyway.  I come home from work and post a question to
> the ecology list.  Assume that my question even has a "tone" to it.
> My boss, unknown to me, is also on the list.  He sees my post and my
> name and gets very irritated.  His attitude toward me changes, my
> evaluations suffer, etc.
>
> Had I had the "review" option, however, I would have known my boss
> was on the list and would not have posted the offending question.
>
> It seems to me that removing the "right" to know to whom you are
> speaking for the sake of out-maneuvering spammers . . .   Well,
> spammers are an annoyance, a bother, a pain.  Not knowing to whom
> you are speaking could have serious ramifications.
>
>                                      Just my 2 cents,
>
>                                      Trista
>