Re: your mail

[Keith Owens]

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:10:16 -0800 , 
Ed Vance <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Perhaps there is a middle ground. Leave the list open, but require a
>confirmation reply prior to passing along posts from addresses that:
>
>1. are not members of the list, AND
>2. have not previously done a proper confirmation reply.

30 seconds after doing that, the spammers will forge email that claims
to be from LT, AC, DM, MT etc.  Not to mention all the viruses that
forge the headers.  Verification by 'From:' line on an open list is
pointless.