CDR: -C-P- Re: would it be so much to ask..

[harald at f00.nu]

At 08:04 2000-09-19 -0400, you wrote:
>I can't see the -C-P- subject as really being functional for sorting out 
>spam mail because anyone new to the list won't know to put them in, nor 
>the people I mentioned who might wish to make anonymous announcements.

The "-C-P-" think should of course be found in some kind of faq and/or in 
the subscribtion welcome message.

>What about just creating another list (closed-posting) and then just 
>allowing people to choose which to subscribe to?  Obviously, the 
>open-posting list would be subscribed to the closed posting list, but not 
>the other way around.. so at the risk of missing the massively important 
>anonymous message that has yet to be sent, I could eliminate some of this spam?

That might be a better idea yes. :)
Some nice person might even forward "serious" remailed e-mails to the 
closed list (since they don´t seem to be too frequent).

//Harald