Re: [HACKERS] OK to send e-mail?

On 5 May 1998, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote:

> list(at)listme(dot)com writes:
>
> > OK to send an e-mail to pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org?
>
> Intruder alert!
>
> Could someone forge an error reply to that message, so that our list
> doesn't get put on their spam list? (And, of course, if someone could
> track them down physically and break their legs, so much the better!)
>
> Actually, now that this has started, the proper way to go may be to
> start blocking postings to the lists from anyone not on them. On the
> down side, this means that people must send their postings from the
> address they're subscribed as.

The other downside is that anyone in need of help has to subscribe before
they can ask their question.

Vince.
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