On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 20:44:59 +0000, Andre Robatino andre@bwh.harvard.edu wrote:
Todd Zullinger <tmz <at> pobox.com> writes:
Prior to today the list was set to discard posts from non-members. This setting was made before any of the current list admins were present AFAIK. I believe that sending a rejection is the more courteous setting, and we have changed this now.
Won't this generate backscatter?
If there isn't amplification and if the sender can't send spam content back using the method then it isn't that big of a deal and the costs of that should be balanced against the costs of people sending legitimate messages going into a black hole rather than being told that the need to subscribe.