I'd like to point out that accepting posts from those who are not technically subscribed to the list is not always a bad idea. In particular, many of us read the list through means other than a direct subscription, be it either a mail-to-news gateway, web server, filtered list, or other such mechanism. As a case in point, while I do read the list, my actual email address is not subscribed to it. :) While I usually don't contribute to the discussion, I hope that the few posts I have made from time to time don't fall into the pollution category. Furthermore, it's often the case that noted cryptographers who are not subscribed to the list occasionally post valuable contributions to it (e.g. Matt Blaze). Non-subscription and pollution are not necessarily related. Dana W. Albrecht dwa@corsair.com Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com> writes:

Beginning Monday, 11/25/96, I will bounce all email from the various (non-)subscribers polluting this list with garbage back to the authors. Furthermore, I will attach documents describing basic Internet rules of conduct to each bounce.

I would encourage other Cypherpunks to do the same.