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[VANILLA-L:1] Re: [VANILLA-L:881] Enable the "who" command?
On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 06:06:53PM -0400, Jeffrey Nowakowski wrote:
> It'd be convenient to know who is on the list. The command to find
> out is currently disabled to protect against spammers.
Thank God.
> I asked Bob if he could enable "who", and he told me to put it to a
> vote on the list. So I'm doing so! My vote is to enable.
I disagree.
> 1) Wouldn't it be better to disable the "lists" command instead of
> "who"?
Not really.
> 2) There's nothing stopping the spammers from just sending mail to the
> list. (Why do they need each address if they can just send mail to
> the list?)
Actually, Majordomo can restrict posts to subscribers only.
> 3) Spam exists. Cope. To elaborate: if they don't get you here,
> they'll get you somewhere else. Is your email address on your web
> page? Are you part of another list that doesn't have who disabled?
> Did you sign up for the draft league? Etc, etc. Other methods are
> more effective at blocking spam than trying to hide your email address.
I am against helping spammers along by publicizing list members' addresses.
If vanilla-l gets spammed, Bob can add a regex to filter those messages or
even rename the list as a drastic measure. If spammers get members' addresses,
every member would have to filter spam messages instead of just Bob.
It wouldn't affect me personally since I have a huge .procmailrc, but I'm
against the idea in principle.
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