Close list to outsider's posts?

[Paul Slootman]

On Fri 20 May 2005, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> 
> I'm assuming that Wayne is the obvious destination for this request. Can 
> we make the mailing list reject emails from non-subscribers? This would 
> drastically reduce the amount of spam we receive.

I don't think I get all that much spam via this list (if I do, almost
all of it gets caught by spamassassin :-)
Closing the list will make it harder for people to quickly get help.
In my experience that has a negative impact on the "reputation" of the
project the list is about.


Paul Slootman