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[jnn at synfin.org (John Newman)]

On September 14, 2018 4:28:59 PM CDT, Greg Newby <gbnewby at pglaf.org> wrote:
>On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 02:19:33AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 09:07:07AM -0700, Razer wrote:
>> > I accidentally send from other accounts occasionally. I believe I
>> > did so just last week, and I don't get bounce messages either. Just
>> > sayin'. Settings check.
>> 
>> Well it was more "fun" when we didn't have to subscribe first to
>> fun-spam the list with some <ahem> "fun" email...
>
>Yeah, it looks like the list was unmoderated (i.e., open to any posting
>from any address) way back when.  I don't know when it became limited
>to subscribers only, but this is not a recent change.  
>
>If there is clamor for letting anyone from anywhere post without
>subscribing (perhaps with a few anti-spam provisions, like
>greylisting), we could consider it.  But hopefully the "fix" to getting
>a proper bounce message when a message doesn't go through will be
>sufficient.
>
>We do have lots of people who change their email address frequently. 
>Also people who subscribe multiple addresses (setting some to "no
>mail") so they can post from different addresses.  This is completely
>unrestricted and automated, so it's quite easy for anyone who wants to
>to subscribe and then start posting immediately. 
>
>The big archive of pre-2016 postings that was shared last month from
>was dominated by spam, it seems.
>  - Greg

It's probably a bad idea to turn this feature on - enabling the bounces is sufficient, IMO.

However, if people really want it I would say turn it on, and watch minds change when it introduces little (almost nothing) to the discussion, but we start seeing spam out the ass.