tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Mar 22 15:13:19 1998
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Re: spam
Susan Farmer wrote:
>
> >: >EMAIL MARKETING WORKS!!
> >:
> >: This is coming with More and More regularity. Is there a problem with making
> >: the list so that only members can post messages?
> >:
> >: tevram
> >
> >How do you know it wasn't posted by a member of the list? Can someone post
> >to a mailing list if they have the listserv's address without actually
> >subscribing to it?
> >
> >Voragh
> >
>
> It depends on the way the mailing list is set up. Most of my other lists
> it is *not* true -- you must be a member to post. On this one, it is
> evidently not so.
I was able to e-mail for a time when I was not a member. It looks like
they have added this list as an e-mail address for spam marketing sites,
who probably know how to get around e-mailing people even if they are
not part of the list.
Katie