[plug] Disappearing email...

[Trevor Phillips]

Christian wrote:
> 
> Gary Allpike manages the list.  I think the problem you might be having
> is that after the spamming incident, Gary configured the list so that
> any email not sent from an address subscribed to the list will be
> silently dropped.  Personally, I don't think this really helps since
> anyone who wants to spam the list can just forge the From address to be
> someone who is subscribed and this doesn't make it any easier/harder to
> identify the culprit.

Yeah. It would also be helpful if the list bounced back a "Go Away"
message to those at the wrong address at least.
BTW: What is the Mail List? MajorDomo? Custom Job? Other?

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