There is such a thing as being overly paranoid...

On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 03:46:37PM -0400, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> I beg to differ.  List servers should be no more tolerant of accepting
> e-mail from known abusers, dial-up/DSL/cable addresses,

ITYM "ISP DHCP pools".  A static IP address is a static IP address,
regardless of whether the device's uplink is via T1, ISDN, DSL, cable,
modem, or carrier pigeon.  You can't assume that someone's a spammer
purely based on their physical connection to the network.

> No, I don't think so.  All postings to un-moderated lists like this
> should be only from validated subscribers.  Interested users can
> subscribe just long enough to discuss their issues if they don't want to
> remain subscribed.

And receive how many dozens/hundreds of unrelated messages from the list
over the course of a few days while discussing and resolving their issues?
Sorry, can't agree with you here.

> Bug reports from non-subscribers should go to a separate (hopefully
> low-traffic) list that only select developers and other highly
> interested parties need to subscribe to,

After all, we wouldn't want the list's normal riff-raff to learn anything
from non-subscribers' questions or - heaven forbid! - have someone other
than "select developers and other highly interested parties" offer help
to them.