[plug] unsubscibe ATTN: LIST OWNER

[James Bromberger]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 11:25:07PM +0800, Mike Holland wrote:
>   I tell you, the solution is at the other end. Make it more difficult to
> _subscribe_ in the first place. If the club website has a facility for
> subscription, REMOVE IT NOW. When an email is sent asking to subscribe,
> send a reply with hints.

>   So what we need is just a small challenge to join the list. Something
> that demonstrates a bit of motivation and basic ability to follow
> instructions. I humbly suggest we hold an informal competition.

>    Maybe a short quiz, with answers easily found on the web? Nah, I'm sure
> somebody can do better than that. Submissions?


Get the list software to listen on a different port. You will pretty much 
have to type SMTP into a telnet session to be able to send mail to the list. 
Choose a number, any number that isn't in use, so long as it isn't 25! ;)

I've seen this done before to set a 'base clue level' for incoming messages!

 *evil laff*

   James

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