On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:14 , Paul Russell <[log in to unmask]> said: > On 10/24/2005 08:03, Rich Greenberg wrote: >> >> As for the spam, I think the days of send=public are over. You should >> either make it send=public, confirm so that genuine posters will have to >> confirm posts or make them subscribe with open, confirm and make >> send=private. >> > > There are still a few situations in which 'Send= Public' might be appropriate. > Our abuse address leads to a list which is configured in this manner. After > some discussion of the risks, we decided that we need to be able to accept > abuse reports from anyone, anywhere, and we do not want to force submitters to > jump through hoops to report problems that originate from our site. > We also have a few lists like this that have a specific reporting function. -- Alan Thew [log in to unmask] Computing Services,University of Liverpool Fax: +44 151 794-4442