NODE 691d2947Re: My Departure, Moderation, and "Ownership of the List"
Matts Kallioniemi <matts@cyberpass.net>Wed, 5 Feb 1997 07:26:02 -0800 (PST)
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Jeremiah A Blatz wrote:
>On the choke points note, mailing lists are better than usenet because
>legendary AOLers with there 5 free hours of fame and their ilk usually
>don't figure out how to pester mailing lists. Being on a mailing list
>usually requires a commitment, that is enough of a barrier for many of
>the usenet underirables.
Another way to get rid of the totally clueless and involuntary subscribers
would be to require subscription requests to be PGP signed and acknowledged
by the subscriber.
Matts
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NODE 76c9a0b1Re: My Departure, Moderation, and "Ownership of the List"
Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>Wed, 5 Feb 1997 08:05:06 -0800 (PST)
At 8:20 am -0500 2/5/97, Matts Kallioniemi wrote:
>Another way to get rid of the totally clueless and involuntary subscribers
>would be to require subscription requests to be PGP signed and acknowledged
>by the subscriber.
Now, this sounds familiar...
Everyone remember Eric's attempt to force signed messages?
Herding cats, indeed.
Cheers,
Bob
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