Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 22:45:28 -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>

Jim Kling 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.
>
er, that should read 'put wsfalist at wsfa.org on your approved list AFTER
you sign up for SpamArrest'

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