Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 22:22:30 -0400
From: Jim Kling <jkling at nasw.org>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: SpamArrest
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Ted White wrote:

>Say you install SpamArrest in your computer.  And then you get a WSFAlist
>post from me.   SpamArrest won't query *me* to "go jump through the hoop of
>going to a web page and doing the confirmation."  It will query WSFAlist.
>And WSFAlist won't respond, thus consigning itself to being a spammer in
>SpamArrest's eyes.
>
>I personally belong to close to two dozen lists, both fannish and
>non-SF-oriented, and if I installed SpamArrest or any of its cousins I'd be
>cut off from all of them.   Your mileage may vary.
>
Seems readily evident. Put wsfalist at wsfa.org on your approved list
before you sign up for SpamArrest. Granted it could create havoc for
those who don't do it.

Otoh, I've never seen it happen. Have you ever seen a SpamArrest message
on any of your 20 lists? From your response, clearly you have not.

--
Jim Kling
science writer
Rockville, MD
http://nasw.org/users/jkling