[Elecraft] (OT} Spam influx

[Jim Lowman]

Exactly.  Obviously, anyone who suggests changing the list to moderated 
status has never been a moderator.
This only works if there are several moderators who have time to check 
the messages awaiting approval throughout the day.
On a list this active, if that doesn't happen, messages are delayed, and 
the value of the list diminishes to its members.
Then there are the complaints to be dealt with also, about messages not 
posting in a timely manner.

Eric has a business to run.  This is a hassle that he doesn't need.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 11/13/2012 9:43 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
> That won't accomplish anything other than to make a lot more work for
> the Elecraft guys.  It doesn't cost the spammers the slightest
> measurable bit extra ... in terms of money, time, or effort ... to send
> messages to a dead end once they have the address.  The only thing that
> it does is prevent them from being able to represent the address to
> their reprehensible clients as a "premium" one ... i.e., vulnerable.
>
> Besides, at least some of these spam emails are the result of some list
> user's address book being compromised, and there's nothing to prevent
> that happening to multiple users over and over again. Putting the list
> on moderate status might make things nicer for us, but it doesn't make
> the spammers go away ... ever.
>
> Dave   AB7E
>
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