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Subject:    Re: Krazy Kevin back at it again?
From:       "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb () harte-lyne ! ca>
Date:       1997-03-26 16:40:45
Message-ID: 199703262146.QAA04579 () hahp9k ! harte-lyne ! ca
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On 25 Mar 97 at 16:18, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:

> How much organization do we need? Simply by warning each other of
> problems, I think we're cutting a lot of the hassle. Maybe not solving
> the problems globally, bu I'll take local for now...
> 

I would say that the closed+confirm option with Majordomo 1.94.1 
has essentially done away with KK on my lists. And all those like 
him.  In order to get on they have to give a valid e-mail address 
that will respond in an intelligent way to the confirmation 
request.   Bogus address and I don't even get to hear about the 
attempt until I review the logs.

I'm sure that there are other ways of defeating this simple 
mechanism, but all you have to do is drive the cost up enough and 
the gain isn't worth the expense to them.  Like most criminal 
minds, KK and his ilk are after a quick and easy buck.  Make it a 
little difficult for them so that they have to work for it and most 
of them will go away.  

If you have Listserv or Majordomo, turn on the confirm request
option.  If you don't have either and what you are using to 
manage your lists doesn't have that feature then get something that 
does.

Regards,
Jim
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