From: "F. Senault" <fred@...>
Date: 2009-06-07T16:40:09+09:00
Subject: Re: SPAM from Usenet

Le 7 juin 2009 � 03:36, Charles Calvert a �crit :

> One downside to your suggestion is that folks who find the newsgroup
> and start posting would be seen only by those reading the newsfeed
> until and unless they subscribed.  It's a small barrier, but a barrier
> nonetheless.

It's far from a small barrier.  If the poster uses an invalid address,
he will never know he's supposed to subscribe.  Ditto if his email
server or spam filter eats the mailing-list warning message, of if he
doesn't understand it.

Not to forget that, even if he receives the warning, he'll have to
repost his message a second time, while some people on Usenet could
already respond to the first, adding to the confusion...

Fred
-- 
I wake up in the morning    And I raise my weary head    I've got an old
coat for a pillow     And the earth was last night's bed    I don't know
where I'm going   Only God knows where I've been  I'm a devil on the run
A six gun lover   A candle in the wind        (Bon Jovi, Blaze of Glory)