On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 20:44:59 +0000, Andre Robatino <andre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Todd Zullinger <tmz <at> pobox.com> writes: > > > Prior to today the list was set to discard posts from non-members. > > This setting was made before any of the current list admins were > > present AFAIK. I believe that sending a rejection is the more > > courteous setting, and we have changed this now. > > Won't this generate backscatter? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_%28e-mail%29 If there isn't amplification and if the sender can't send spam content back using the method then it isn't that big of a deal and the costs of that should be balanced against the costs of people sending legitimate messages going into a black hole rather than being told that the need to subscribe. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
